Yep. Bill was kind enough to sell it to me. It is in my LBS (in a town an
hour away from me) waiting for me to get the time to build it. I will build it
up with Suntour parts for the most part. I will get pictures when I get the
deed done. Best wishes to all. david blessing, elwood, nebraska where I've
almost recovered from shoulder surgery and can't wait to ride.
> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:33:44 -0700
> Subject: [RBW] Re: Early Days Rivendell Mountain Bike?
> From: cyclofi...@earthlink.net
> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
>
>
> on 4/7/09 5:57 PM, Marty at mgie...@mac.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I put up my collection of Riv paper on Ebay today, and one of the
> > earliest ('96ish?, black & white) catalogs talks about a Rivendell
> > Mountain frame. (Front suspension compatible - GASP!) No picture in
> > the article. Not sure I ever saw one in pictures, or if they ever
> > built one after that. Might have been a custom frame option, but it's
> > interesting that years later the Bombadil comes along - as close to a
> > mountain bike as I've seen them build, and sounds just like what they
> > describe years earlier. Anyone out there have an early Riv MTB they
> > are not sharing with us?
>
> I dont have one, but list-member Bill M. mentioned that he had one in this
> thread -
> http://tinyurl.com/d7d48s
>
> He was kind enough to send a photo, but I believe he was trying to find it a
> new home, and I'm not sure if he has one.
>
> I was going to put it in the "Generation 1" section of the Riv pages on the
> Cyclofiend site. So far, there's little else there, and the page is
> embarrassingly sparse.
>
> But, here's the link to the page:
> http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1/#mtnframe
>
> And the direct link to the image he sent:
> http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/gen1/rbw_mtnframe_bill.jpg
>
> - Jim
>
> --
> Jim Edgar
> cyclofi...@earthlink.net
>
> Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com
> Current Classics - Cross Bikes
> Singlespeed - Working Bikes
>
> Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines
>
>
> "'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary
> handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif:
> not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles."
> -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac"
>
>
> >
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