Hi James - Yeah, now you got me looking at my old Riv Readers. I see
on page 31 of the #3 Reader ("Rivendell Frames") that Grant stated
they were using Reynold 531 for the forks, as you quoted. Gosh, if
I'd known that at the time I might have asked them to chrome the fork
on my Riv! (You can't chrome Reynold 753 because it was heat treated,
as you probably know).
Jim
On Jul 5, 3:35 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Well, I was compelled to dig out the old RR's, and I found the
> following in Reader #3, describing the forthcoming Rivendell frames,
> back in 1995:
>
> "Forks. The Reynolds 531 standard fork blade is legendary for its good
> ride, strength...We've got the 753 steerer, because it's a little
> lighter than the 531 steerer."
>
> -James
>
> On Jul 5, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Jim Cloud wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > The decal on the downtube of the bicycle on eBay is the same as that
> > on my Rivendell, which was purchased new by me in 1996 (I'd assume it
> > was also used in 1995). The only thing that looks unusual to me is
> > the Reynolds 531 decal on the forks, I'm relatively sure that Reynolds
> > 753 was the only tubing used by Waterford on these early build bikes
> > (it certainly is what they used on my Riv).
>
> > Jim
>
> > On Jul 5, 1:35 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> The bike is lovely, but I'm not sure it's a 95. We'd need the serial
> >> # to know. The Riv decal is later (a repaint? Not mentioned in the
> >> ad) than the original.
>
> >> I've always liked that Sherwood Green.
>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>
> >> To: rbw group <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:02:03 PM
> >> Subject: [RBW] Nice 59.5 cm Rivendell Road on the block
>
> >> Not mine, don't know the seller,
> >> etc...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170352564333
>
> >> orhttp://tinyurl.com/q3uty5
>
> >> It is, of course, perfectly my size, but I'm not in the position to
> >> move on
> >> it right now. Hope it gets a good home!
>
> >> - J
>
> >> --
> >> Jim Edgar
> >> cyclofi...@earthlink.net
>
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