I think with 90% certainty that your new purchase is a 1997 Road Standard. I think LongLows, if they made them that year could have had canti bosses as an option , and I believe lugs were less ornate...similar lugs to the A/R. But it's Waterford-built and I can see the Reynold 531 decal on the fork and there's the corresponding Reynolds 753 decal on the bottom of the seat tube On Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:46:34 AM UTC-5, Tim Gavin wrote:
> I just bought a '97 Rivendell from a gent on craigslist. I forgot to ask > him what model it is! I'll probably bug him today to be sure, but is there > a way to tell the model from the serial? My BB is stamped "Everest" on one > side, and "H970XX" on the other side. "Handcrafted in Waterford" on the > chain stay. > > Other scooby clues: > It's red with cream head tube > Has a Rivendell logo boss, not Atlantis or Rambouillet > Has sidepull brakes, not canti > > Anyone know? I've been very interested in Rivendells since I got back > into biking a couple years ago, but this is the first one I've touched. > Now if it will only stop raining... > > Tim > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
