I’ve been reading the new book “Japanese Steel”and it has certainly made me appreciate the quality of the Japanese frames and also the tech of their tube sets.
Thanks for the info. The Bomba should feel,right at home sharing the garage with my 87 Waterford Paramount Any idea what steelwas used in the Bombadil? John On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 8:57 PM Fullylugged <[email protected]> wrote: > John: > > To answer a question in your orig post, Toyo is a frame shop in Osaka > that Riv subbed to for several years, until the Yen exchange rate drove the > price too high. Atlantis, Rambouillet, Saluki, and Romulus were made > there. Panasonic, also in Japan, made the single speeder and did some > painting as did another Japanese paint shop, Urema(?). Wilbury, Glorius and > Bombadil are all fancier, nicer bikes subbed to Waterford as was Atlantis > after Toyo, and Hilsen. Saluki was merged into Hilsen. > > Riv always insisted that the build quality was the same no matter where it > was made. > > Bruce > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
