Thanks for posting this, I never noticed it on their web site. My wife has an '83 Sequoia, and it is indeed a very nice and thoughtfully designed general touring bike. If I ever found another one in my size (63) I would buy it. I've passed the link onto her.
Michael On Apr 22, 9:48 am, Will <wpm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Upon seeing a brief mention of RBW in the annual Adventure Cyclist > touring bike buyer's guide (April 2009; see p. 22 > atwww.adventurecycling.org/resources/BuyersGuide2009.pdf), I was > reminded that other articles of possible interest to this list have > been published in the last 10 years of Adventure Cyclist. All their > content is available on the web a few months’ after print publication > and you can search their archive atwww.adventurecycling.org/library. > > For example: > > "Road Test: Rivendell's Heron; Not Just a Retro-Grouch Fashion > Statement" by John Schubert, July > 1999,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/rivendell.pdf > > "Road Test: The Rivendell Atlantis; Unparalleled Beauty, and as Rugged > and Versatile as it Gets" by John Schubert, August 2002, pp. > 34-36,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/rivendell_atlantis.pdf > > "The Specialized Sequoia: Light Touring in the 21st Century is > Supremely Elegant" by John Schubert, August 2003, pp. > 36-38,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/specialized_sequoia.pdf(Grant > Peterson calls the 1983 Sequoia the best bicycle ever built; see 1st > paragraph). > > "650B LIVES!" by Sheldon Brown, April 2005, pp. > 42-43,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/Brown_650B_Lives.pdf(references to > Saluki, Glorius and Wilbury, p. 42). > > "A History of Touring Bicycles" by Jan Heine, March 2006, pp. > 10-17,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/Heine_touringbike-history.pdf > (several references to RBW, pp. 14-15). > > "S24s: Bicycle Camping for the Time Challenged" by Grant Peterson, > January 2007, pp. 32-37,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/Petersen_S240s.pdf > (also appeared in The Reader?) > > “Pass It On: Riding Idaho’s Rail-Trails with the Next Generation” by > Aaron Teasdale, Nov/Dec 2008, pp. 16-23, > 35,www.adventurecycling.org/resources/200811_Pass%20it%20On_Teasdale.pdf > (this is the article that gave us Teasdale’s Saluki glamour cover > photohttp://i36.tinypic.com/5499h1.jpgposted here on 19-Nov-2008 by > list member Peter M; Saluki also pictured p. 18). > > Finally, as one who tours on a 24-lb Rambouillet among friends on > considerably lighter bikes, I found John Schubert's Sept/Oct 2008 > article "In Praise of Added Weight" fascinating reading. If you fret > about the weight of your Riv, check out the Cornell study in the 3rd > column, p. > 32.www.adventurecycling.org/resources/200809_Cyclesense_In_Praise_of_Add... > > Happy reading. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
