As most of you know, my daughter won the $500 Riv Gift Certificate raffle. I'm trying to build the war-chest to kick off a new project. At the same time, the stable is filled to capacity and I've simply got to thin the herd a little bit. So, I'm offering three of my bikes up for sale. All are very Rivendellish but are each very different from the other two. Three different wheel sizes even! My saddle height is 75.5cm. PBH of 86cm.
Bike 1: 56cm 1992 Bridgestone RB-1. This bike is stock, except for tires, chain and bar tape. Read the catalog from Sheldon Brown to see exactly what it has on it. I picked this up on eBay to keep at a family vacation house in Illinois. When I got it, it seemed nearly unridden. I put on Ruffy Tuffys (700x28), cloth bar tape, and a new chain, and rode it about 500 miles over two vacations. It's still there in Illinois, but family drama makes it so we won't be vacationing there anymore. Furthermore, it fits me like a racing bike, so I consider it 2-3cm too small for me now. Let me know if you want to talk about this bike. I've got pictures and even a youtube video for it that I can't link from work. Contact me offline and we can get into it. Seeking $750 shipped. I'm open to having the bike shipped to me and then parting it out, so if you are dying for the frameset, let me know. The 1992 was the last year of standard diameter frame tubes, but preceded the 1993 which had the bi-plane fork crown. Bike 2: 22" 1985 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport. This is another bike that I acquired in a virtually stock condition. I did a full overhaul on it, and sold the stock cockpit to Montclair Bobby B. I put on a Tech Deluxe stem, 46cm Noodle bars, and Silver barcon shifters. Black B-17 saddle, and Soma New Express folding 26x1.75 tires. Highlights include a nice low Q Specialized crankset with round rings, Shimano Deerhead derailers. Bolt on wheels with immortal Specialized sealed bearing hubs. Bomber 36 hole wheels. Seeking $400 and local pickup or delivery (I'm in the East Bay not far from Riv HQ). I think of it as a very solid adventure touring bike. Like if you don't have $3500 for a 56cm Atlantis, this may tide you over for 15% of the price. Plenty of pics including the ones documenting the restoration are on my flicker (my flickr handle is Hillbubba). Contact me offlist to discuss. Bike 3: This is the one I'm least eager to part with, partially because I don't think many other people will love it like I do. It is a 60cm 1984 Miyata 912. I acquired this also in stock and virtually unridden condition. I gave it a full overhaul and did a 650B conversion on it. It is now my daily commuter, that travels to work on the roof of my car every day. On the way home I ride 2 miles to South Hayward BART and 2 miles up 600ft of climbing to my home on the other end. The original spec was all Shimano 600, the year before Shimano introduced index shifting. So it's a 12 speed, with downtube friction shifters. It's got a 13x24 6-speed freewheel in back and I made my own chainguard/42/26 super-compact double crankset from a road triple. My conversion wheelset was NOS specialized sealed bearing 32 hole QR hubs, Velocity A23 rims (from Longleaf), and wheelsmith spokes. Soma New Express 650x38B tires. SKS plastic fenders with Riv flaps. Silver brake calipers. Tektro brakelevers on the stock SR narrow drop handlebars. Again there are copious pictures on my flickr. There is a set devoted to this bike. I think of this as the ultra-affordable alternative to the $3500 58cm Hilsen you want to buy, or the $1500 used Bleriot you've been waiting for. Seeking $500 local pickup or delivery. Contact offlist to discuss. At my saddle height of 75.5cm this has a classic 'fist-of-post' showing, and has standard diameter tubes, so from 20 feet away it has the lines of a classic french randonneuse. No, it will not take Hetres, with fenders or without. But it'll take Lierres, Pari-Motos, and Soma New Express -- 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.
