That bike is fascinating. Pro touches like cable clips, but inelegant cable arcs; well worn drivetrain but unused toe straps (twisted under the pedal but only once, then anchored with a tiny zip tie); twined and shellacked bars but a big tape gap under the lever. Brand new brakes, colored cable end, but the cable isn’t tucked behind the brake.
I agree on the bar setup being… not to my taste, but it validates the 2003 date. That was the peak of the jacked up drop bar era. “If Grant says to raise the bars above the saddle, and more is always better… voila, bliss!” Someone built it with their old road bike parts, brand new cantis and saddle, and never road it again. Or, an avid cyclist got a Riv custom in 2003 when he was about 50, rode it a lot in Michigan until he retired in 2014 when he gave it a Florida makeover and used it to pootle around town till now, when he’s getting an e-bike. Philip Nevada City today On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 2:56:52 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > I have to say -- and I bear conscientiously in mind that others have their > own standards for bike fit and comfort; but I have to say that the bar and > stem juxtaposed with that particular bike make me wince. I personally would > think very hard about a sweepback bar -- or another bike entirely -- > instead. > > Why? The stem and bar show that the rider needs a setup that this > frame/bike is not designed to give. > > Over and out. > > Patrick Moore, whose first 26" wheel road custom was designed around the > All Rounder model (steepened angles, road tubing and lugs) -- anecdote, > boring, avoid if sensitive: I talked to Grant in early 4th Q 1994 and said: > "I want a bike for road riding that rides better than my 1992 XO-1." Grant > said: "Oh, it'll be better." And so it was. But the result was a 54 cm st > c-c (for me, who was measured for 60cm level-tube c-c by a pro). Later, > having received, ridden, and been delighted by the bike, I told Grant: "I'm > going to announce my size on the iBoblist." Grant said, "Don't you dare." > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:52 PM Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice bike but I don't think the "2003 custom" title is accurate, >> especially as he says it was repainted only a year later. I believe it's a >> mid-'90s Waterford All Rounder. >> >> On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 10:09:13 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Rivendell Custom >>> 49cm >>> $3,285 >>> Vero Beach, FL >>> >>> https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/3372283/ >>> >>> [image: p6pb22849817.jpg] >>> >>> On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 1:07:21 PM UTC-4 Eric Marth wrote: >>> >>>> Heron >>>> 61cm >>>> $2,000 >>>> Santa Montica, CA >>>> >>>> https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/3366921/ >>>> >>>> [image: p6pb22809883.jpg] >>>> >>>> On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 2:21:49 PM UTC-4 Matthew Williams wrote: >>>> >>>>> Atlantis >>>>> 56cm >>>>> 1800 >>>>> Seattle, WA >>>>> >>>>> https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/d/seattle-rivendell-atlantis/7500600207.html >>>>> >>>>> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4a09a285-63ad-45f7-846d-10f362fb6cfcn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4a09a285-63ad-45f7-846d-10f362fb6cfcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d2361dc6-f547-482a-a8aa-e291c2776507n%40googlegroups.com.
