They released a few frames that had been damaged. They had these frames repaired, updated, and repainted. It was partially to demonstrate how repairable a steel frame is. They had a really cute decal set and head tube logo.
Head badge sticker <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/4955037653/> With the slogan: Repair, Repaint, Repedal On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 11:04:00 AM UTC-8, drew beckmeyer wrote: > > ooh what is the renovelo? > > On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 1:26:38 PM UTC-8, drew beckmeyer wrote: >> >> so, i purchased the little green Clem Smith Jr prototype for my fiance >> (right as i was halfway through building up a 1990 trek 520 for her. will >> be selling it, if anyone is interested). i, for one, am very happy that >> there is a budget model available, as dropping 3k on another riv bike wasnt >> gonna be in the cards for me for a long time. a few tig welds and a >> powdercoat seems like a totally fair compromise. i think and hope that >> there will be a lot of people in the same gray area financial bracket who >> would be elated to have a rivendell. >> >> anyway, now that it is on the way, im excitedly curious about the whole >> protovelo thing. >> mainly... >> >> -are the prototypes and the actual models made in the same place, or do >> they have a prototype builder knock out the first few until all refinements >> are done, then it moves to a factory? >> -follow up: anyone know who will be making the clems? >> >> -is there a way to get the specs/geometry for prototypes? not that i'd >> ever need it. i just like knowing everything about the bikes we have. >> (still somewhat bugged that i dont know the tubing dimensions of my >> hunqapillar. uselessly anal like that) >> >> -what is the etiquette on the protovelo decals? im kind of into them, but >> i think she wants to ditch them. should i try to sell it as a rare feature? >> -follow up: anyone ever get the decals that just say "rivendell"? >> or put the official decals of the official bike on their proto (ie. sam >> hillborne stickers on the proto sam hillborne) >> >> >> >> >> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
