Re: [RBW] Re: Advice for selling a Saluki/Hilsen?

2017-08-10 Thread Patrick Moore
One point to take into account is, be prepared to list, find no takers, and remove and wait, and list again. I've seen the same bikes and parts snapped up right away at good prices, at other times linger for weeks with no takers. I listed a middle sized Sam frameset, with added braze ons, for

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice for selling a Saluki/Hilsen?

2017-08-09 Thread G.E.
Doug, That is good information to have. Thank you for chiming in! -- 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

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice for selling a Saluki/Hilsen?

2017-08-09 Thread Joe Bernard
The paint is probably from D near RBW. He usually does the custom colors on Riv production frames, and is insanely good at it. I'm sure folks who charge a lot more for custom paint want to strangle him ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice for selling a Saluki/Hilsen?

2017-08-09 Thread Doug Van Cleve
I sold my dad's Saluki a few years ago, it was somewhere in the 57-58cm size range. It was used but nice and built up in a not particularly Riv'ish manner. It sold quickly at $1400 IIRC, I probably could have gotten at least a bit more but I didn't want the sale to take forever. Doug On Wed,

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice for selling a Saluki/Hilsen?

2017-08-09 Thread G.E.
Joe: I can run it with drop bars and I'm almost 5'4". Of course, I have a fairly short stem on it too. I have proportions more like a guy though... meaning even though I'm not horribly tall, I have shorter legs and a longer torso. I decided to put the albatross on it because I was using it

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice for selling a Saluki/Hilsen?

2017-08-09 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 08/09/2017 06:09 PM, dougP wrote: Group: Were Saluki dimensions ever published? You mean, like this? SALUKI GEOMETRY, TIRE CAPACITY, BRAKE SPECS *BB DROP *mm *TT UPSLOPE *degrees *Rear Hub Space *mm *APPROX. Standover at mid TT*** * *cm