On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 10:01 -0700, Rob Harrison wrote: > If all goes well it appears I may soon become an official member of > the RBW Owners Bunch. (!!!) I'm curious about the origins and history > of the Saluki. Can anyone fill me in? > > For example... > > • When did the model debut?
2005, if I recall correctly. The Saluki mailing list began in Oct 2004. > Was it the first Riv bike designed for 650b? yes > • Where were they made? By whom? built by Toyo in Japan > • How many were made? no idea > • Did colors vary by model year, or was there a stock range? First year colors were silver and whats-in-the-diaper olive, but custom colors were available for a small upcharge. Later on, they went to butterscotch as the standard color. > What were > the colors? (I've seen mainly orange and butterscotch in the larger > sizes, but there is quite a range of colors of smaller sizes still on > the riv site.) You left out an interesting part: they came in center-pull-uki and cantiluki versions, with or without canti studs. > • It's not currently in the catalog. When did production stop? when the A Homer Hilsen began > Will > they be back? (I heard a rumor of a possible rotation with the A.H.H.?) > • Anyone have a pdf of the original "brochure" or design brief? I don't recall there being any such. Here's mine: http://freewebs.com/palincss http://www.flickr.com/photos/97916...@n00/sets/72157617915097787/show/ -- 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.
