I'm in for the long haul. I bought Moustache Bars from RBW for my REI XR way back in the early 1990's, so that must have been when Grant first put up a sign.
When I was doored in 1997, I used the insurance settlement toward a custom-sized 65cm LongLow, which I still have, and love. Phil hubs, six-speed Sachs Freewheel, it just rides and rides and rides. Later, I found a 66cm QuickBeam on Craigs, and it became my "second" bike, fitted with a Dos Enos flip-flop rear hub and Bullmoose bars. It has been to an Entmoot (China Camp) and just about everywhere in the East Bay. Most recently, I had my friend Mark Guglielmana build up a custom frame modeled between my LongLow and a Hunqapillar (ergo, Diagatube) and fitted for a Rohloff hub. Totally Riv-inspired, and a delight to take on loaded tours. It does sport a re-raked RBW fork, but with bosses re-brazed for MAFAC centerpulls. And I'm only 61, so who knows what the next 10-20 years will hold! - Andrew, Berkeley On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 4:55:34 PM UTC-7 Philip Williamson wrote: > Recent discussions make me wonder, what epoch of Rivendell bikes or > aesthetic most appeals to list members? > > Which era do you identify with the most, or like the best? > Is it the era you first encountered Riv in, or did you look back through > the back catalog and say, "That's the one for me?" Or did you arrive early, > travel into the future with Rivendell and love best what's happening now? > > - Are you a "*Proto-Riv*" aficionado of Longlows, Allrounders, and > Herons? > - A "*Golden Ager*?" Are Herons, Rambouillets, and Salukis your > favorites? > - Or are you a "*2TTer,*" a Bombadil, Hunq, and Sam Hillborner? > - A "*Clemster*" and a Rosco? > - Have you become a "*New Atlantean*?" A Swoop-a-tuber, Hill-biker, > and a Gus Bootster? > > Are these fixed preferences, or have you been most into a different era > before? Do you have shadings of more than one? I first encountered Riv in > the Proto era, looking at the All Rounder. Overall I'm a Golden Ager, but > the New Atlantean age is looking pretty attractive. > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA > -- 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/44c43f6a-471b-4f8a-aa6b-ec5e8b594fc3n%40googlegroups.com.
