>From an old interview on e-Ritchie's site:

"RS: I met Grant Petersen at a trade show about ten years ago, but
hadn't recalled that until about four years ago when he called me to
write a catalog piece about fork crowns. I sent him three and a half
single-spaced, typed pages on the subject which he edited down to the
piece in the 1993 Bridgestone catalog. It subsequently led to his
desire to have an article on filing; this became the lug article in
the 1994 catalog. Through this all, he had me design a set of ornate
lugs for Bridgestone's road frame. I carved a set from some Nikko lug
blanks, sent them to Japan, and Grant was to have them produced en
masse. The project got shelved because the lugs were said to be just
borderline enough to be too intricate to produce, and definitely too
ginger for the Bridgestone workers to use. The lugs were sent back to
me and stayed in my window for a while, and then they ended up as the
Rivendell road frame lugs, cast in the Orient for Grant to use here."

Bill

On May 16, 9:04 am, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Which, if I recall my Riv Legend/History, were originally made for 
> Bridgestone. When they folded up their tent, Grant bought the lugs.
>
> --Eric
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 16, 2010, at 8:50 AM, "Bill M." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > And designed the lugs for the original Riv Road Std.
>
> > On May 16, 7:35 am, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> ...and he made some custom Rivendell frames!
>
> >> There ya' go!  :-)
>
> >> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> OK, brain is working a little slow this morning.  I rode my Richard Sachs
> >>> yesterday, not the Riv Road.  richard *is* a friend of Grant's, and it is
> >>> lugged steel ...
>
> >>> --Eric
>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
>
> >>> --
> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> >>> [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib­[email protected]>
> >>> .
> >>> For more options, visit this group at
> >>>http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >> David
> >> Redlands, CA
>
> >> "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something
> >> wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym."  ~Bill Nye,
> >> scientist guy
>
> >> --
> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
> >> [email protected].
> >> For more options, visit this group 
> >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
>
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
> > [email protected].
> > For more options, visit this group 
> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
> [email protected].
> For more options, visit this group 
> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW 
Owners Bunch" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.

Reply via email to