I slot in just behind Ted. I fell in love with a 1992 XO-1 that an Albuquerque bike shop was discounting to get rid of it; I'd been riding road-ified or allrounder-ified mountain bikes but wanted something that handled more like the 1989 Falcon I'd sold but with 26" wheels. The XO-1 got close, but in 1994 I ordered a custom Riv Road but one based on the XOs: compact, 26" wheels, road tires, tighter angles, road tubing. I loved it, and told Grant I was going to proclaim the 54" c-c frame (my "normal" fistful size is 60 c-c), and he said, "Don't you dare."
I got serious about fixed gear riding in 1996 and ordered a 26" customer riv road fixie gofast in 1999; you've heard enough about it. Then in 2003 I ordered a derailleur clone and built it up as a 26" wheel 1X10 gofast road bike (46 X 11-23 and 12-25 Am Classic cassettes) shifted with Simplex retrofriction dt shifters. But I turned it into a fixed gear commuter with Dave Porter Campy dropouts and Chauncey Matthews racks, and after it was replaced in 2020 with the Matthews clone I traded frame, fork, fenders, and custom racks to a listmember for the later much modified 2012 Monocog. In the meanwhile I had a 2010 Sam, nice, but sold because for me it was neither flesh nor fowl, neither nimble road bike nor capable of our sandy soil; and I carried groceries on a racing bike (which handled the rear loads better anyway). About 2013 I got a second hand, second gen (blue) Ram and built it up several ways, including the first indexing since 1993 -- Dura Ace 7 speed, later swapped for better-shifting mix 'n' match friction 9 speed. That too got sold as not quite flesh nor fowl -- not as nimble as I liked, not dirt capable, didn't need a grocery carrier. I remember the very first luggage products; very home-made looking, though well made. Quite a shot put distance to today's Luis Vuitton-quality luggage. I think I've owned at least 1 from each generation, starting with the high quality Nelson Longflap that Riv brought into the US -- did anyone else sell those here in 1995? Adam and Hoss, first-gen Sackville M and L, now later gen Sackville M. Would love to try a Clem or similar if only they accommodated 622 X 76 mm tires; sand. On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 7:52 AM Ted Durant <teddur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure how I missed this thread! The Bridgestone XO-1 is where it > began for me, and I happily teamed up with Grant to help Rivendell get > started and then Rona Components, Willow, and Heron. I've had a Rivendell > ATB (Waterford, early on), Riv Road (Joe built), a few Herons, a Quickbeam, > a Bleriot, and a Cheviot. And my wife has a Glorius. I definitely associate > more with the earlier designs, and the original prototype Heron Road and > Riv Road are still here. I've evolved more along the lines of Jan Heine, > preferring classic road bike designs and riding position, with big tires. I > never warmed up to the Cheviot though I tried a slew of handlebars. I sold > the ATB and the Bleriot here a couple of years ago. The type of riding I do > is largely dictated by where I live, with lots of dairyland roads that are > mostly well paved. I don't have mountains or many gravel roads within 100 > miles. There are some mountain bike trails in the vicinity, but I'm not > willing to drive an hour each way to go for a bike ride - I'd rather spend > those 2 hours riding! > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI US > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgu9ydVUobi_pm2e-whwpAuGrvXXFj076i2RX-TUbJmVAw%40mail.gmail.com.
