On Jul 3, 10:00 pm, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Beater Rivendell? I thought all Rivendells are suppose to be ridden to the > ground?
Manny: You can't ride a Riv to the ground; they're just too tough. You can wear out a lot of parts, tear up the paint pretty bad; dent it here'n'there, but as to seriously rendering it non-ridable / non- fixable / only-good-to-recycle, you'd have to crash hard enough to bend multiple tubes. There's a series of photos, maybe in the Atlantis gallery, of one a guy had ridden all over the world. The shot that stands in my mind was taken in Morocco. The bike looked to be on it's last legs visually. Subsequent photos show a brand new looking bike after re- paint. You could probably neglect one into a condition where it would look like a beater, but all the good components would still work, and the nice lugs & headtube paint would give it away. dougP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
