My 59cm AHH is a Waterford (stamped rear dropout) and has 3 cage bosses... Brian Seattle
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Anthony Castellino < rubiconmanagem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is all very good info! Trying to piece it all together...seems best > place to start is with the Serial Number...but, where is the Serial Number? > I looked under the bottom bracket, all that found is RIVENDELL engraved... > > Here is what I know: > > 1) Seems, so far, the 3 cage bosses are only on Toyo builds (based on this > tiny sample, mine should be built at WF as I only have bosses on seat tube > and top of down tube) > > 2) I also see reference to the Toyo Blue (darker) and the WF Blue > (lighter)...I certainly have the darker.( Based on this tiny sample, mine > should be built by Toyo.) > > 3) I als read (speculated) that Toyo made all 650 frames and WF made all > 700 frames...My frame is a 700cc, 57cm. (based on this tiny sample, mine > should be built at WF) > > I would call Riv, but without a serial number, I may not have too much to > go by... > > Thanks for all of the info thus far... > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:01 PM, newenglandbike > <matthiasbe...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I am not positive that the Rivendell bikes always follow this- but I >> think the Waterford frames have serial numbers that begin with a >> single letter, from [A-M] (excluding 'I') followed by 5 digits. The >> letter represents the month it was made, from A=January to M=December, >> with no letter 'I'. The first two digits are the year and the last >> three are the frame number for that month: >> >> http://www.waterfordbikes.com/site/company/para_dating.php >> >> >> >> On Jan 11, 2:22 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> > on 1/11/10 10:56 AM, Anthony (57cm AHH) at rubiconmanagem...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Is there any way to tell if my AHH was made at Toyo or Waterford? >> > >> > > I 'heard' if there are only 2 mounts for water bottles, then it is >> > > Waterford. If there are 3 mounts, the 3rd underneath, it is from >> > > Toyo... >> > >> > > Is this accurate? Are there any other identifiers? >> > >> > Hadn't heard that. >> > >> > As a single data point (with four variables), my Hilsen is Toyo-built, >> was a >> > 59, has a four number place serial number that starts "AH", and has >> bottom >> > of the downtube bottle bosses. >> > >> > - Jim >> > >> > -- >> > Jim Edgar >> > cyclofi...@earthlink.net >> > >> > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com >> > Current Classics - Cross Bikes >> > Singlespeed - Working Bikes >> > >> > Get your photos posted:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines >> > >> > "Maybe a bike, once discarded, pines away year after year for the first >> hand >> > that steered it, and as it grows old it dreams, in its bike way, of the >> > young roads." >> > >> > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" >> >> -- >> 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > >--
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