Congratulations! I hope she loves it. Regarding the headbadge, I'm pretty sure Rivendell HQ will sell you one. You may even have a choice between bronze or pewter color, since they made both and picked colors at random. At that time, they came loose in the box, and the owner was supposed to install them themselves. IF they wanted. Or they could monogram it or leave it off to hide the pedigree of the bike as a sort of theft deterrent. Original owner probably lost, forgot or decided they wanted to use it elsewhere.
More useless Clem trivia: The first batch was not supposed to have creme highlights on the fork wings OR any lug windows OR even have decals installed, either. They were supposed to come with a pack of alphanumeric characters that the buyer could use to personalize the name. The "Clem Smith Jr,: if it was even going to be installed at all, was supposed to be on top of the clear coat. It didn't happen as planned. I think Riv just gave up after that miscommunication, and went along with the normal, permanent decal application for future runs. If the fork wings aren't painted, this might be a 2nd run, as Leah noted. Given the bike's design intent, it wouldn't be inapropriate to let your daughter pick her own headbadge! Some piece of jewelry or sticker or bottlecap or toy or?. Gently hamner it into a curve and stick it on with heavy-duty, two-sided foam tape... On Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 8:49:25 AM UTC-6 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > It’s true; the early Clems didn’t have the cream fills. We have a 1st > edition Clem H in that French blue and no cream fills. I think it was the > 2nd run that your bike came from because the first Clementine colors were > orange and turquoise. (I think?) > > On Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 10:23:06 AM UTC-4 Dorothy C wrote: > >> Perhaps Leah can chime in, but I believe that French blue was an early >> run color, before they were doing the cream accents on the lugs and fork >> crown. When I had my 2019 bronze green (since sold) it had the cream on it. >> >> As you have probably noticed, the head badges are attached with adhesive, >> not screws, so it is not too surprising, if a shame, that hers has gotten >> lost. In the early days, Riv used to put the headbadges on with screws, >> but it was causing problems so they went with the adhesive instead. >> >> Lovely bike, and congratulations from another multiple Riv owner, and my >> two adult sons also have Rivs I bought them (a 55 Platy and a 52 Clem) >> >> On Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 6:45:11 AM UTC-7 Josh C wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Thought I'd share. I am fortunate to have several Rivs, and my wife has >>> a Platty. I have looked around a bit for a used Clem to get my daughter >>> into a Riv as well. I mostly just like the idea of having our little family >>> Riv rides. We frequently ride to small neighborhood festivals, dinners, >>> friend's houses, and the like. Well, Friday, a used 52cm Clem popped up and >>> was only about a 30-minute drive away. I snapped it up that night, greased >>> the bits, tightened things up, lubed a bit, swapped the saddle, and we were >>> off. It's not in it's finished form but it was ready to roll. We took it >>> out last night for a neighborhood block party with friends. My daughter is >>> jazzed. >>> >>> I do have a couple of questions that some of you may be able to answer. >>> I noticed that her Clem doesn't have the cream accent paint on the lugs and >>> fork crown. You know, the cream color in the triangles of the lugs? Do any >>> of you have a Clem without that paint? Not a big deal, just an observation. >>> >>> Second, the head badge is missing on this bike. The original owner did >>> not have it and wasn't sure what happened to it. Is this something that >>> Rivendell will sell me? Again, it's not a big deal, but it'd be cool if I >>> could get one for it. If not, I may just replace it with a cool vintage one >>> or something like that. >>> >>> Anyway, it's a cool bike, and I'm happy that my whole family can go out >>> with our Rivs. I'll try and post a pic of all of our bikes together this >>> week. For now, here are a couple of quick shots. >>> >>> [image: IMG_1617 Large.jpeg][image: IMG_1618 Large.jpeg] >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/81154d64-dbfd-4937-ab81-50a6065c9b24n%40googlegroups.com.
