Indeed, the bike is unpainted! It's a clear coat over raw steel from the Waterford factory. I believe that it will get a coat of paint in the next few years (there are a few other projects in line ahead).. internal dynamo routing and top tube cable routing (less sure on that) are all possibilities before that. It'll be so hard to decide! Yesterday's brainstorm on a ride was manzanita colors...blood red burgundy with dark mint green panels and light purple trim...but it's doubtful whether that idea will survive until 2027ish.
After purchasing this bike I had to re-read LotR for the umpteenth time and regularly single Tom Bombadillo drivel as I pedal. It's impossible not to :) @Willet- I am similarly proportioned. 86cm-ish PBH and 6'0 with a long torso. This bike has a little less slope than a 2020s Riv however the generously long stem makes up the difference. On Friday, December 26, 2025 at 1:47:59 PM UTC-8 Brian Turner wrote: > In keeping with the Tom Bombadil theme, you should commission a custom bag > in bright blue, yellow, and green… and stick a swan feather on there > somewhere. > > “Old Tom Bombadil was a merry fellow; > bright blue his jacket was and his boots were yellow, > green were his girdle and his breeches all of leather; > he wore in his tall hat a swan-wing feather. > He lived up under Hill, where the Withywindle > ran from a grassy well down into the dingle.“ > > Brian > Lexington KY > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fd0d7c0e-26f4-4e2d-b4cc-687cb2c025c6n%40googlegroups.com.
