Lee, Thanks for your comments. The rear rack is a Nitto Campee model that's sold by several sources. I purchased mine from benscycle on eBay, they also have the rack on their website at: http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=874¤cy=USD: . I think that Chris at VO Imports may have sold the rack at one time, but it isn't currently in his store catalog. The rack includes low-CG detachable grates that can be used if desired. I especially like the rack because it has the hardware needed to mount the rack on a bike with either cantilever brake bosses or bosses on the seatstays (it also has P-clamps if the bike doesn't have rack bosses). It is obviously suited for a bike with sidepull caliper brakes, and this isn't too common for these type of racks.
Jim Tucson, AZ On Dec 22, 10:55 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim, that is an elegant machine and a great color. What Nitto rear > rack is that? It's a beaut, too. > > Thanks, > Lee > San Francisco, CA > > On Dec 22, 9:38 am, Jim Cloud <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The first generation Rivendell Road Standard bikes were painted in > > several standard colors. These included orange, blue and green (these > > were/are Grant Peterson's preferred palette). In addition, for an > > extra cost, they added a contrasting creme color on the headtube. You > > could also have the frame pinstriped and personalized with your name > > on the left-side chainstay. > > > Finally, if you wished, they also were receptive to providing a custom > > color for an upcharge. This is what I had done for my bike, with a > > paint that I'd seen in an early (1981 era) Paramount bicycle > > brochure. The color was "Light Saddle Metallic", and it was a Sherwin- > > Williams Sun Fire 421 acrylic enamel (all of the 1981 Paramounts were > > painted with the same type of paint, these were the first Paramounts > > produced by the newly established Waterford facility). I also had the > > frame pinstriped and added the personalization. Here's a link to my > > Flickr photostream with photos: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/sets/72157619758078965/ > > > Everyone has their own favorite color palette, but I think this color > > is especially classy. > > > Jim Cloud > > Tucson, AZ > > > On Dec 21, 7:34 pm, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That sure doesn't look like a Waterford paint job. They are pretty proud > > > of the > > > work they do there. Are you sure it's not a repaint? Every other early > > > Road Std > > > I've seen has been a light minty blue. > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: frank_a <[email protected]> > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 7:38:05 PM > > > Subject: [RBW] For Sale: Rivendell Road Standard F/F and headset > > > > Up for sale is my 1995/6 Waterford built Rivendell Road Standard, .. > > > It's in great shape structurally but the original Waterford paint job > > > wasn't so great (there are dust particles beneath the paint). -- 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.
