I got more info from Mike, most of which is now in the Ebay listing. It was a demo Grant had in 95/96 after the customer returned it because he didn't dig the low BB height. You can see the fillet-brazed chainstays used to accommadate this design. Mike mentioned it might have been built by Della Santa, which refreshed my memory on the early custom builders Grant used during the transition from Waterford production Rivs, to the Rivendell name being applied only to full customs. During that time Della Santa, Richard Sachs, and Tim Isaac from match were involved, and IMO one of them probably built this frame. It's an interesting piece, and I dearly wish to acquire it, but I'm kinda full-up on bikes now. A dilemma...
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:57:43 AM UTC-7, Ryan wrote: > I think this is a 98 or 99 when they went a little more custom and left > Waterford...and it looks more long-lowish to me...custom tubing and this is > when Joe Bell started painting their frames...could be Match-built or early > Joe Starck > > My A/R ordered in 1997 for frame and fork was 1200 + 100 for cream > headtube and $25 for my name for a base price of $1325. This was the > Waterford-built Riv with Reynolds 753 and 531 fork. Phil BB and Tange > roller-ball headset came installed and I think that was another $150 or so. > I still have the stud book...er the documentation with Grant's hand-written > comments/questions. I had so much fun ordering and outfitting and saving > for the bike I went back for a Road custom in 2001:) > On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:42:52 PM UTC-5, hsmitham wrote: > >> Just saw this on Ebay. >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivendell-frame-set-/290887072704?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ba387bc0 >> >> Hugh >> Sunland, CA >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
