Doug has the details right, but IMO the defining characteristic of the LongLow was the standard reach sidepull brakes. They were not generally available when the original Road Standard was designed so it has short reach brakes. Once Shimano introduced a double-pivot standard reach brake the LongLow became possible. The long stays and increased drop were natural changes to go with the increased tire clearance made possible by the brakes. I believe Douglas Brooks got the first LongLow in a beautiful burgundy cherry color. I coveted that bike.
A little Googling tells me that dbrk's LongLow was delivered in 1996. The lugs on this one match my '95 Road, and another '95 on Cyclofiend's site. later / custom Roads had fancier lugs. I'd say this bike is more than the claimed 10 years old. I paid $900 for my Road Std. in 1995. That was the going rate without the contrasting head tube option. $1550 is more than the frame would have sold for new in 1995/6. I bought the prototype Mountain/ Expedition from Riv for $500 in the late 90's (and sold it for that a couple of years ago). Bill On Aug 30, 2:58 pm, Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> wrote: > IIRC, the Long Low had longer chainstays and a lower BB than the same era > Road Standard (hence the name). It also had round fork blades, like the > Herons that were also offered back then and I think it was set up with more > tire clearance and either canti or standard reach caliper brakes. > > Doug > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've seen this riv for sale for quite a while; > > >http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/1926067572.html > > > I've got no particular interest in it but I'm curious if anyone here > > knows the backstory on this one. It never seems to sell and I'm not > > terribly familiar with the long low in general - what was its defining > > characteristics versus the same vintage rivendells? > > > -sv -- 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.
