[RBW] Re: HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Unfortunately, GoogleGroups has dropped the ability to "Pin" posts in group.s Guess they figure the search algorithm can find anything ahh well... - J / admin On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 2:20:08 PM UTC-7 divis...@gmail.com wrote: > Might be a good idea for a moderator to sticky

Re: [RBW] Bikes on eBay, CraigsLIst, and Other Sites

57cm Hillborne complete listed for $1950 on eBay... https://www.ebay.com/itm/284439088587?hash=item4239e40dcb:g:KuoAAOSwm3JhM9Ug On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 10:29:08 PM UTC-4 Lucky wrote: > Listed as custom “Yves Gomez” > > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I was a paper boy for three years starting in 1958. It was a weekly not a daily. My dad bought me an surplus Post Office bike (20" front wheel, 26" rear wheel with a large basket in the front). I was supposed to pay me back from my earnings but he never asked for it. Gave it up when I got to

[RBW] Re: Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I had a paper route from I think 1987 until 1993 in junior high and high school. It was good money though I had to buy the papers and then go collect which was always interesting! Ryan On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 9:11:33 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Dave Moulton has an interesting

[RBW] Re: Seeking Sam Hillborne brochure 

Any chance you would send me one as well? I have a 62cm double top tube. Thanks! On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 3:07:12 PM UTC-6 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Wow! That is very awesome of you both -- THANK YOU! > > On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 4:41:27 PM UTC-4 steve wrote: > >> Eric, >>

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I delivered papers as a young kid as well. I did not throw papers though I set them on the porch or by the front door. Because of that I always used a skateboard vs bike. Too much stopping and getting off of the bike to walk the paper up. On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 10:09:52 PM UTC-4

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I too came from a family of paper carriers. I threw the Newton Kansan, an afternoon paper, using my coppertone Schwinn Typhoon. My brother had the Wichita Eagle Beacon, which was a 5 am route. He had a red Typhoon. In hindsight, my parents were quite tolerant of our operation. We could rarely take

[RBW] Re: WTB: Albastache Bars

Found! Thanks! On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 10:48:54 PM UTC-4 Johnny Alien wrote: > I will be totally good with 26 as well now that I think about it. No > preference for clamp size. > > On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 10:29:00 PM UTC-4 Johnny Alien wrote: > >> I am tentatively thinking

[RBW] Re: FS: 62cm Appaloosa Frameset - Riv blue

Sorry, forgot to mention in post location is central Iowa. Just in case anyone feels like taking a look, driving home with a new frame. :) On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 8:09:44 PM UTC-5 bp wrote: > Hi everyone, > > If you missed out on the Appaloosa sale a couple months ago, I have an >

Re: [RBW] Re: Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I delivered the afternoon Vancouver Sun in the South Slope area of Burnaby, c.1962-66 on my single speed CCM bike with vee-bars. My parents insisted I get a front rim brake added once my new route included the steepest part of the south slope (Gilley and Carson). I had a big wrought-iron front

[RBW] Re: Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

This is mostly lifted from when I mentioned it on the "What made you a bikey" thread: My first job (like most boys then) was delivering newspapers on a Schwinn. Little kids at 4am wobbling down the street with huge heavy bags on the handlebars - crashing regularly, especially with Sunday

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

Yes. I had a paper route in Virginia Beach for about 5 or 6 years. It never got too cold and we were told to throw the papers in the driveway. I went through 3 bikes. All had the huge Wald front basket and the pannier baskets in back. So I could do about 60 papers. The route was in my

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I delivered both weekly papers in Minnesota, the normal sized Post-Bulletins, and the HUGE Sunday Star & Tribune from the Twin Cities. I never used a bike though, it wasn't practical for my local route. The* heavy* Sunday route was done in the dark and the weekly after school. Most of the time

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I had a route from 1960 to around 64. Usually about 35 papers in a hilly suburb of LA. The route was mostly along 2 parallel roads that ascended ridges. Growing up in the area, I knew there was a dirt trail that connected the ridges toward the top, so I only had to ride uphill for half

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I delivered the Bellingham Herald from 6th grade through 12th. On my first route I used my Nishiki Custom Sport, and put it to hard use. (My second, longer-lived route was a walking route.) Back then I used that Nishiki for trails, touring, and just getting around town - a true all-rounder. The

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

Yup Patrick, you’ve got it. I started as a paper boy in 1963 when I turned 12, the legal age for that kind of work in NYC at that time. So got my shiny gold English Racer in the spring of 1964. I remember riding it on this wonderfully “hidden” road through park woods. That was actually the

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I delivered the New Haven Register, 7 days a week for a couple of years, also filled in for a friend who delivered the Journal Courier, 5 mornings/week. Used my Humber. Steve On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 12:11 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > Dave Moulton has an interesting little post on his blog today

[RBW] Re: Looking for a source for these washers

Thanks Garth, I’m pretty sure you are right about them being proprietary parts made by Nitto. I’m going to play with some nylon spacers from my local hardware store. I have the correct hardware for the load bearing struts. Nylon is pretty tough. Then I’ll look for some aluminum spacers to

[RBW] Re: FS: Paul Canti Levers // Black // Pair // $110 shipped

SOLD. Thanks On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 9:43:10 AM UTC-4 Justin Kennedy (Brooklyn, NY) wrote: > Lightly used, a couple small scratches. $110 shipped (USPS Priority Mail) > or $100 local pickup NYC. > > [image: FullSizeRender.jpeg] > -- You received this message because you are

[RBW] Re: Atlantis Winter Project - Looking For Parts

Nice score! I don't know what is best for acquiring parts, but it might help to give some of your preferences on the parts and it might strike a chord with list members that they have such a part. Not to say that you have to say a specific part, but like, wheel size, brake type etc., like you

[RBW] Re: Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I had a paper route starting in 1976 to late 1977 (junior high school years). Number of papers (The Ontario, CA-based *Daily Report, *long since swallowed up into another owner and name) varied between 25 to 27, IIRC. It was $3.35 per month and it was many times a bear to collect those funds

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

Dave: What year was this of paper delivery and new "English racer"? I remember "English racers" circa 1962 or 1963 because a friend's father had what must have been a Raleigh Sport, which to me at 7 or 8 was something unfathomably adult and exotic and far away; not even quite a bicycle in the

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

Paper boy? That was me in NYC, the borough of Queens, delivering the long-dead “New York World-Telegram & Sun” to about 35 homes. This was a semi-suburban section of Queens, and most of my customers lived in single-family, or at least ground entrance, homes. And the afternoon paper had no Sunday

Re: [RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

I can't speak to the topic of paper boys, specifically, as ours have also been folks in cars, but the delivery-related thing I am starting to see in my neighborhood is Door Dash, Amazon, and other delivery folks on bicycles. I notice these people because they are not "bike messenger types" on

[RBW] Re: Looking for a source for these washers

Ray, the closest thing I've found to those Nitto washer would be the Dia-Compe half moon washers. The rear one has the most radius, they specify front or rear. https://porkchopbmx.com/search.php?search_query=half+moon+washer If you need that exact washer you pictured, I think those are Nitto

[RBW] LTB bullmoose quil

Looking to buy a *NITTO* rivendell bullmoose bar (thread) On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 9:32 PM Joe Bernard wrote: > Several entries have reminded me that there actually wasn't a huge gulf > between my 'kid on a bike' days and 'being a bikey' but in those days I > didn't understand there was a thing

[RBW] Re: 2020 Appaloosa Paint

I know Grant has always said he preferred to use red nail polish on blemishes but I never liked that look. I am OK with less than perfect matches but not the purposeful call out like that. On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 12:41:51 PM UTC-4 Pancake wrote: > *I think I remember a video of Mark or

[RBW] Re: HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Thank you for putting in the time, this is awesome! Pat On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 1:08:47 PM UTC-4 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > I've spent the last several months scanning my collection of Rivendell > catalogs, flyers, ads and brochures. > > Reed, who hosts the archive of Rivendell

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

For me my initial foray into becoming a "Bike Person" was building up a fixed gear conversion at a local bike co-op and becoming involved in fixed-gear culture which led me to become more informed that there was such a thing as bike culture and that there were dozens of facets to it. The facets of

[RBW] Any former paper boys (or girls) on this list?

Dave Moulton has an interesting little post on his blog today about the disappearance of the paper boy. I don't recall ever having seen one except (always!) in movies, but then we lived when I was a boy in the US in what was still a semi rural area, and the rest of the time overseas. All the

[RBW] Re: New to the forum

Gabriel, I see that Monkey Wrench bottle, are you a Nebraskan?? What a bike. On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 10:43:55 AM UTC-5 Gabriel Bruguier wrote: > Here's a side view to see the upslope on the top tube. I'm not able to > post two photos at once-- I must need to reduce file size. > > On

[RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

JB Weld is a great adhesive for headbadges. Jen Green doesn't shy away from it. On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 12:21:08 PM UTC-5 Scott McLain wrote: > I am with Garth. Silicone adhesive seams like it would be better than two > way tape/adhesive. Just my $0.02. > > > On Wednesday,

Re: [RBW] HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Woo! This is great, thanks! -Danny On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 12:55 PM David Person wrote: > Quite the labor of love. Thanks for the time and effort it took to > accomplish. > > On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 10:11:13 AM UTC-7 mathie...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Looking forward to digging-in. >>

[RBW] Re: RBW decal kits - where to source?

While Rivendell may sell them to you, I'd be surprised if they'll deliver them to anyone other than a bike paint shop, and maybe one they recognize. I'm planning on repainting my long-in-the-tooth Homer in the next year or 2, and i was advised to get my painter in touch with Riv world HQ. On

[RBW] FS: Riv/Blue Lug Hat - Olive

Doesn't fit my small head, so am selling it for what I paid! $60 - Venmo or Paypal Thanks! -- 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] Re: RBW decal kits - where to source?

Wow, Andy with the sourcing. If you couldn't get them from Riv, a local designer could take that ^ and recreate it. That Bombadil is a rare beast. Jealous! On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 11:04:37 AM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote: > See Screen Specialty, Inc. > > Look at the

[RBW] Re: Share More Riv Riding Pics

The top tube protector on your Appaloosa is incredible. On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 11:50:41 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote: > And one more... > > [image: DSC_0039.JPG] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from

[RBW] FS: Riv/Blue Lug Hat - Olive

Unfortunately the hat doesn't fit my small head. It's yours for what I paid! $60 shipped. Venmo or Paypal. -- 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] Re: Looking for a source for these washers

Thank you everyone. Unfortunately, I only need the washer with the radiused groove. I’ll try and find some spacers I can modify. Cheers Ray On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 9:49:21 AM UTC-7 Garth wrote: > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Your lockable commuter thread

I always enjoy this thread. The one thing I’ve noticed is that is really hard for bike nerds, especially those who appreciate the Riv aesthetic, to avoid turning even the beaterist of beaters into some version of eye candy. Even my son rides a clean 90’s Rockhopper to school, I tried putting him

Re: [RBW] Re: Your lockable commuter thread

Toshi...I devoutly hope so too, for your sake. But your lovely Cheviot is tempting eye-candy. I'm going back to a downtown university tomorrow...I'm a retired student studying linguistics and I have one evening class on Mondays. My 2 non-rivs are a 70's PX-10 set up as a single speed which is

Re: [RBW] Re: Share More Riv Riding Pics

Hi Mike, I'm a sucker for classic machines like this so I'll second Patrick's compliment on your gorgeous Romulus. Thoughtfully assembled as well with a thoroughly broken in Brooks. The second photograph is a real grabber with the colors and your lean, elegant Rom in front of that field of

[RBW] WTB: 13 cm stem

In search of a Tallux 13cm stem with a 25.4 clamp. -- 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 view

[RBW] Re: Parts bin clean out: Nitto S65, Shimano derailers, R599 front brakes, Schwalbe G-one Speed tires, ergon, pletscher, sunrace

Email sent on the Tiagra derailer. Thanks very much. Rich in ATL On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 10:39:24 PM UTC-4 Pancake wrote: > > Nitto S65 seatpostand MKS pedals are sold. > Two Fish bottle cage and HG200 cassette pending sale > Random cranks, Tange BB, and v-brakes set pending > > > > On

[RBW] Silver shifter to thumb mounts - on semi-complicated way

Realized that the bar end mount for the Silver shifter on the Hillborne wasn't working for me. Mechanically it was fine, just have grown out of the habit of bar-ends. Plus, I wanted to try different grips (Ergon) that would be a pain to modify for the shifter. So, after some searching through