on 11/13/10 8:40 AM, gregb at [email protected] wrote: > I (finally... sheesh I am lazy!!) looked at the serial number on my > Riv. AR 25 M if I am reading it correctly. I think that means it was > the 25th allrounder made? puts it at about 1994? What else could I > learn about this (newish to me) bike. I am considering having it cut > in half to put some S&S couplings in it which will necessitate a > repaint of the beautiful near mint JB paint job... (I would have this > done by the folks at R&E in seattle where we are likely getting > another Riv'ish touring bike so we can have his and hers travel tour > bikes for an italy trip.) > > I would love to hear your collective wisdom on the subject. I have > been lurking in this group for a while now- but you all talked me into > actually riding this bike when I first got it and was chicken to take > the pristine beauty out in the rain.
I would expect it was a Match-built frame. Hence the "M". RBW was not started until 1995, and it was a couple years before the A/R came out. I have a still-dormant page on "Generation 1" production frames which is here - with some notes from posts in threads on the matter. There is a scan of the A/R page from Reader #5 - which was in 1999. http://cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1 - Jim -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and just like that I knew it was dead" -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- 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.
