In my flickr pictures, list member "Campy Only" made a comment that rather than "dust" beneath the paint it may be "rust". I meant to reply to that but inadvertently deleted the comment (sorry Campy). I know he's had a few old bikes restored/repainted and knows a bit more about this than I do. I wanted to know what was going on under there so I got a needle and poked the rough areas of the paint, near the downtube bottle bosses and the spot on the top tube near the headset. The paint flaked off without too much effort and there did appear to be a bit of oxidation beginning. Luckily the tubes are fine with no rust damage but the paint had been compromised. So the description of the frame obviously would have to change as well as the price. I'll suspend the sale for now and decide what I want to do. I may just prime the areas and ride the bike as is, maybe repaint it somewhere down the road or sell as is. Thanks to those who expressed interest. - Frank
On Dec 21, 8:38 pm, frank_a <fk...@aol.com> wrote: > Up for sale is my 1995/6 Waterford built Rivendell Road Standard, size > 59.5cm. I've owned this bike for about four years. I'm selling it > because my Riv Custom is here and it was designed in many ways as a > replacement. I've contemplated keeping it, just because, but it makes > sense to move on. > It's in great shape structurally but the original Waterford paint job > wasn't so great (there are dust particles beneath the paint). There > are some chips and scratches at the expected places, most of them were > present when I bought the frame. There was a seat stay mounted chain > hanger which is no longer there and the bare steel in that spot has > been coated with clear nail polish. There are no dents or dings and > the bike rides beautifully. > This frame is built with Grant's custom spec'd Reynolds 753 steel > with 531 fork blades (cool bi-plane fork crown too) . The lug set was > designed by Richard Sachs. The very early readers chronicle the > development of these frames, it's a good read. > This frame has nice tire clearance and fits the Grand Bois 30's which > actually measure out a bit larger. I've also run the old Pasela 35's > (actual 32) with room to spare but it will not take a Jack Brown. I've > never run it with fenders so I don't know about tire sizes with > fenders. > Asking price is $930.00 if it's Paypal or $900.00 if a U.S. Postal > money order plus actual shipping ~UPS ground. > Here's a link to a photo set: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/8531...@n06/sets/72157625645908462/ > > The geometry is listed in the flickr text along with a few notes. If > you have any other questions, feel free to ask. > Thanks, > - Frank -- 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.
