I agree that if there were a forger that made fake Riv decals, then they'd go whole hog on the JB decals, but wouldn't the painting and the decal making be kind of a pain for one bike? If this is really a fake Rivendell, I would expect that there are more. The only way that all that effort would make any sense would be if you wanted to make more.
Joe Subject: RE: [RBW] dat funky Riv Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:30:27 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Re. the JB paint job, if it is indeed labled with fake Riv decals/headbadge, I doubt the forger would hesitate to put a fake JB signature on the chainstay as well... Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Grant Petersen Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RBW] dat funky Riv Well, now I know how Louis Vuitton feels (I've always been curious). I've been know to have brain farts (and grain farts), but I'm thinking what lugs are those? They aren't ours. We did use Henry James crowns for about 20 frames for a while there, till we got our own. The dropouts are raised in back but not in front, and that wasn't a WF style back then. The fork rake looks a bit better than the early WF-builts (nowhere close to post-'97). The seller may not know how to measure a chainstay, so I can't go by the 42cm listing (I think the shortest ever was 42.5). But mainly, the lugs. It seems odd to me. too, that JB would paint one that-a-way. Once somebody owns it, it's their deal, and we don't hold JB to any style (he knows what I like, but a guy's got a right to make a living). I called him now, line's busy, I'll try again. The serial number would tell the story. The seller de-listed it, I think. If it's a Riv underneath that "pump instead of seat tube" paint job, then fine etc., but at this point I'm still guessing it's not. G -- Grant Rivendell Bicycle Works www.rivbike.com 925 933 7304 -- 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. -- 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. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -- 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.
