Very good effort. Impressed! On Friday, June 22, 2012 7:57:42 AM UTC-5, Smudgemo wrote: > > Last summer I found myself working a block from Riv HQ. Building bikes is > a hobby of mine, and I had begun stopping by for bits and pieces, and > reading up on sizing the Riv way. I finished my this build (my current > commuter) a couple of months ago, and it ended up being heavily influenced > by Grant and his gang. Even the color ended up Homer-esque, although I > really didn't set out to clone any particular bike. After years on a nice > steel cyclocross for commuting, I was headed in a touring direction. High > bars were not originally on the menu, but they seemed to make sense. And I > guess I just like blue. > > It was originally planning to make it a 58x58, but changed it to 62.5x60 > based on advice from Grant and Kevan. I still haven't installed the Sugino > triple I bought there because the current setup works really well even on > the hills of Berkeley, so I might simply powder coat the cranks to a silver > and use the triple on an future build I've got floating around in my head. > Anyway, much of the build is documented here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/smudgemo/sets/72157628010993990/. The fork > is made of Columbus tubing. The frame is a mix of True Temper OX Plat and > heat treated Verus that i a bit lighter than I'd normally want for a bike > of this sort, but I figured I'd experiment. Lugs and the fork crown are > modified Pacenti's, and the dropouts were made by Paragon in Richmond just > five miles from my home. Good folks there, too. > > The astute observer will note that the brake bridge changed at one point > due to a measurement error on my part (first time building for side-pulls, > I guess.) My thanks to Vince at Riv for trying a variety of brakes just to > make sure I couldn't possibly leave it in place as it was. The rest of the > build went pretty well. > > -Ryan >
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