That's right. As I said about a year ago on the topic, I used to think I wanted a Herse. In the process of getting my girlfriend a Bleriot and reading through my run of the RR, I fell in love with Rivendell. Once I discovered that Nobilette was building the customs, it seemed I could have a sort of RH by way of RBW. Now obviously Nobillette builds RH's to different specs than Grants, but I'm sure I'll be more than satisfied with this frame.
The only thing holding me back from building it up sooner is having to save up to go to France. Maybe I can manage to do both. Already, Jan's question is turning over in my mind: will it "plane?" Jeff On Sep 14, 1:08 pm, Doug Van Cleve <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice. So these are Nobilette built framesets? > > Doug > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM, frank_a <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jeff, > > That looks great! Good luck holding out on that build. > > My custom is at Joe Bell's shop right now so it shouldn't be too much > > longer for me. > > Have fun, > > - Frank > > > On Sep 14, 12:41 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark at RBW just sent me these pictures of my new frame, just in from > > > JB's paint shop. It's shipping to Austin today. The frame is set up > > > for Paul Racers and a VO rando rack. The color is Baffin Blue. I > > > asked for the same geometry as my Heron randonneur (72 seat angle, 73 > > > head tube angle, 80mm bottom bracket drop) and left the rest of the > > > details to Grant. > > > > The plan is build up this bike after I get back from PBP next August, > > > but I may have trouble restraining myself. I'll probably have to > > > spring for a Nitto lugged quill. It'll end up looking similar to the > > > Heron, but probably with hammered Honjo fenders. > > > > Enjoy:http://www.flickr.com/photos/19365...@n02/ > > > > Jeff -- 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.
