On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:
> > On Feb 19, 2010, at 1:47 PM, jaybmc...@gmail.com wrote: > > Not my listing: http://tinyurl.com/ykcw4c4 >> >> My mother-in-law is asking me about this bike. I feel a bit unsure >> about it. I tried to get her to go after last week's Atlantis. Any >> thoughts on this bike, or experience with similar bikes? >> > > That's a very odd bike compared to my 1995 Riv all-Rounder. It's not an > All-Rounder, since it doesn't have cantis, there isn't a set of water bottle > bosses on the underside of the down tube and the tubing diameters don't look > quite right for the A/R. It looks more like a Road built for 26" wheels. > The lugs don't look like the Richard Sachs-designed ones that were Riv's > first lugs. Riv didn't ever do pinstripe outlines on the lugs nor stripes > on the tubes IIRC, but the owner might have done that. The stars on the > water bottle bosses and seat stay bridge, the seat stay rack mounts and the > fork crown look correct. As does the beausage. > > Slightly odd bike for a Riv of this era... It looks like a one-off; IIRC 54 > or 52 cm was the smallest Road Standard and this is a 50 according to the > auction. I wonder if they used different lugs because the geometry of the > lugs for the larger frames didn't work out (or maybe my memory is what it > used to be). > > > -- > Sure does seem like a pretty special bike. Maybe a semi-custom from the W'Ford era? Only downside is the short reach brake limitation. Not terrible, but it doesn't let you put larger 559/26" tires on it. I think she or anyone else would be quite happy with that bike! -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
