Just to add to all the good info so far, you can use the time travel portal (waybackmachine archive) and look it up on the early 2005 RBW website.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050207221216/www.rivbike.com/html/bikes_saluki.html Original green was "yellow olive" You could also get a pewter headbadge for an addition $25. Tailwinds! ________________________________ From: Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 12:01:35 PM Subject: [RBW] Saluki History + Provenance 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? Was it the first Riv bike designed for 650b? • Where were they made? By whom? • How many were made? • Did colors vary by model year, or was there a stock range? 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.) • It's not currently in the catalog. When did production stop? 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? Thank you! Rob in Seattle -- 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.