This has been an enjoyable thread! Thanks for putting it up Ryan. My
Rivendell addiction mirrors that of many others on the list. If I had made
the discovery sooner, money spent on less satisfying bikes could have gone
Rivendell's way instead (part of this cyclist's education I guess).
One Riv
Not yet, seems its more likely to be 26 with the upcoming Gus. :-)
> On 17 Jan 2019, at 1:00 AM, lconley wrote:
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> Oops - 25 bikes - does that cross the line into hoarding?
>
>> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 3:04:16 PM UTC-5, lconley wrote:
>> 10 Rivendells plus Rivendell Custom on order. 23
Awesome photo gallery, Max! Thanks for sharing.
-br
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:27 PM reynoldslugs wrote:
> Well, thanks for this thread. It's pretty easy to make this positive. I
> owe Grant and Riv a lot and would like to thank them.
>
> I "discovered" Rivendell in about 1998, when my friend
I got introduced to Rivendell by my friend who introduced me to road
riding. He is a big fan of lugged steel bikes and showed me the Saluki and
told me that I needed to get that. At the time, I did my first road ride by
changing my mountain bike tires to slicks. I enjoyed road riding, so I got
It's (lady racer ad) on a Blahg somewhere, Grant showed it sometime last year I
think.
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That one I didn't see; can anyone post a link or the photo?
I remember the neo-retro Pineapple Bob ads. All had what I call a Grant
touch.
I just found a Sheldon Page of BBUSA catalog(ue)s which contains them and
other BBUSA art:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019
The first Bstone ad I remember was the lady racer on an RB-1 with a facial
injury from a recent crash. She was cool!
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I had a 55 (c-c; I think that was the next smaller size; 56.5 cm tt, c-c)
which, with the level tt, was as much as 5 cm too short; but the tt of the
59 was just too long (my ideal flat tt size, c-c, is 60 X 56 or 57). I
ended up with a long but very upjutting Tioga T-Bone stem to get the drop
bar
I wonder how many Rivendell aficionados were first attracted by Grant's
Bridgestone USA ads. I know that they caught my eye, attention, and
sympathy, for their retro/contrarian/poster-art aesthetic -- this when bike
ads had already become neon/flashy/agressive (far worse now!).
Speaking of poster
Hi Patrick,
Oh man, I loved that XO-1 Feels lighter by comparison with those 26"
wheels. Quick, low profile, nice handling. Great for shorter tours (like
max 4 days) and just plain fun to ride.
Only downside was that the 59cm seat tube was always a bit small for my
6'3" height, and the top
Patrick asks what frames preceded the Roadini. Other than the 1984 Trek
620, which was a nice bike and just didn't fit well, they were a Peugeot
UO-8, a cheap knockoff of a Raleigh mixte and another cheap diamond frame
10-speed (don't remember the brand). What makes the Roadini work is the
Well, thanks for this thread. It's pretty easy to make this positive. I
owe Grant and Riv a lot and would like to thank them.
I "discovered" Rivendell in about 1998, when my friend Bradford Rex (aka
The Reverend Mookie) gave me a Rivendell Catalog. I'd ridden a lot in
college and grad school
I'm not Bill, but I still have my '92 XO-1, and idiosyncratic though she
may be, I still can't quit her.
Have I wished for 700C? Yep. Have I wished for bigger 26" clearance? Yep.
Have I wished for a little less twitch up front? Yep. Would I change
anything? Nope.
She's had every handlebar
Bill: what did you think of the XO-1? Or, what do you now think of the XO-1
after riding so many Rivendells?
I owned, loved, and put many, many miles on a '92 myself, and when I
ordered my first 26' wheel road custom, I asked Grant: Can you make it as
good as the XO-1?" He answered, "Oh, much
BTW, "Boblist" originally was Grant's Bridgestone Owners' Bunch" by-mail
membership list. I think that the internetboblist was started about 1995,
after Bridgestone USA folded. I know it was there in 1995, at any rate.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 9:07 AM Patrick Moore wrote:
> That's very nice.
That's very nice. What frames made up the predecessors to the Roadini? And
how -- in fit, handling, other ways -- is the Roadini superior to them?
It's been so long that I can't remember clearly, but I think I learned
about Grant in the early 90s during the Bridgestone USA days, from the ads,
and
2 Rivendells currently: my Saluki and my wife's Betty Foy. Both have come
from listers!
Past Rivs: Bleriot & Simpleone. I regret selling neither but miss them both
in a wistful but not serious enough to replace them manner.
I would potentially buy a GBW to replace my Salsa El Mar (it's that a
NOTE: For whatever reason, the photos posted out or order. But the captions
should help you understand what is what. Also, I wanted to post recent photos
so you can see our Rivendell triad today. (My bike has gone through several
iterations...)Ok, then I’ll stop
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