Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread Peter Morgano
Score! Beautiful bike and a great story. I love a good CL find.


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Tim Gavin
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 I bought a '97 Rivendell Road last week.  I discovered Rivendell a couple
 years ago, and though I identified with Grant and his Rivendell ethos, I
 never imagined I could own one of these beautiful--and expensive--machines.
  I figured the closest I'd get would be a refitted old lug frame, or a
 Surly.

 I like to cruise the local bike ads on Craigslist, and one guy listed a 97
 Rivendell with one crappy picture.  Long story short, it's the perfect
 size, the perfect bike, in non-perfect shape, for an amazing price.

 Some cleaning later, here she is:

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Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread WETH
Beautiful bike.  Congratulations and happy cycling.

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Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread Bruce Herbitter
Lovely bike and great paint scheme. Enjoy the miles.


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Peter Morgano uscpeter11...@gmail.comwrote:

 Score! Beautiful bike and a great story. I love a good CL find.


 On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Tim Gavin 
 tim.ga...@littlevillagemag.com wrote:

 I bought a '97 Rivendell Road last week.  I discovered Rivendell a couple
 years ago, and though I identified with Grant and his Rivendell ethos, I
 never imagined I could own one of these beautiful--and expensive--machines.
  I figured the closest I'd get would be a refitted old lug frame, or a
 Surly.

 I like to cruise the local bike ads on Craigslist, and one guy listed a
 97 Rivendell with one crappy picture.  Long story short, it's the perfect
 size, the perfect bike, in non-perfect shape, for an amazing price.

 Some cleaning later, here she is:

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Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread Jim Mather
Congrats! It would be hard to do better than that for your first Riv!

happy trails
jim m
wc ca


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Tim Gavin
tim.ga...@littlevillagemag.comwrote:

 I bought a '97 Rivendell Road last week.  I discovered Rivendell a couple
 years ago, and though I identified with Grant and his Rivendell ethos, I
 never imagined I could own one of these beautiful--and expensive--machines.
  I figured the closest I'd get would be a refitted old lug frame, or a
 Surly.

 I like to cruise the local bike ads on Craigslist, and one guy listed a 97
 Rivendell with one crappy picture.  Long story short, it's the perfect
 size, the perfect bike, in non-perfect shape, for an amazing price.

 Some cleaning later, here she is:

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Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread PATRICK MOORE
What a find! Enjoy it.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Tim Gavin
tim.ga...@littlevillagemag.comwrote:

 I bought a '97 Rivendell Road last week.  I discovered Rivendell a couple
 years ago, and though I identified with Grant and his Rivendell ethos, I
 never imagined I could own one of these beautiful--and expensive--machines.
  I figured the closest I'd get would be a refitted old lug frame, or a
 Surly.

 I like to cruise the local bike ads on Craigslist, and one guy listed a 97
 Rivendell with one crappy picture.  Long story short, it's the perfect
 size, the perfect bike, in non-perfect shape, for an amazing price.

 Some cleaning later, here she is:

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Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread hsmitham
Beautiful color and a great score! Now ya just need a honey B-17.

Enjoy,

Hugh
Sunland, CA

On Monday, April 15, 2013 10:32:53 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote:

 What a find! Enjoy it.

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 I bought a '97 Rivendell Road last week.  I discovered Rivendell a couple 
 years ago, and though I identified with Grant and his Rivendell ethos, I 
 never imagined I could own one of these beautiful--and expensive--machines. 
  I figured the closest I'd get would be a refitted old lug frame, or a 
 Surly.

 I like to cruise the local bike ads on Craigslist, and one guy listed a 
 97 Rivendell with one crappy picture.  Long story short, it's the perfect 
 size, the perfect bike, in non-perfect shape, for an amazing price.

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Re: [RBW] New Riv owner -- this time, with pictures!

2013-04-15 Thread PeterG
Beauty! Love the colors...

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