Great Story! On Feb 26, 9:33 pm, J L <subfas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think every bike has a story and a Rivendell has a special quality that > not many other bicycles have: they take on the character of their owners. > Really, it is like the bicycles develop a life of their own after a while. > Here is a brief story, followed by photos, of one of my Rivendells: a 1996 > road standard. My hope is that this post will inspire others to detail > their setups and bicycle back stories. > > I bought the bike as a Frame/Fork plus extras a few years ago. It was > disappointing at first to find out that this model, which uses 49mm brake > reach, does not allow a true 28mm tire plus fender to fit. What seemed like > a set back ended up being a large influence on the build of the bicycle. > Initially I used a wheel set made up of Chris King hubs built with bladed > spokes along with a Ritchey compact double crankset and other assorted > parts. The gearing was too low on the 110bcd cranks and the hubs were too > loud. I knew I needed to change things up. After looking around a bit and > scouring my parts bin I came across the Dura Ace parts that are on the > bicycle now. I had 9 speed Dura Ace brake/shifters on for a while but found > that they fail too easily and are expensive to replace. I went back to > friction shifting with the help of some Suntour Sprint DT shifters. Finally > everything was cohesive on the bicycle and it felt more stable, fast, and > fun than ever. > > Here is the current set up, because I know we all like the tiny details. > I expect it will stay this way for a while: > > 1996 Road Standard, stock blue color 54cm > Headset - Shimano 600 > Stem - Nitto Pearl 10cm > Bars - Nitto Noodle 44cm > Brake levers - Shimano 105 > Shifters - Suntour Sprint DT > Brakes -Dura Ace 7700 -kool stop pads on front > Cranks -Dura Ace 7700 -170mm > Chainrings - Sugino 48t, Dura Ace 39t > Pedals - dual sided SPD > Wheels - 28h Dura ace 7700 to Mavic CXP-30 rims > Front Derailer - Dura Ace 7800 > Rear Derailer - Dura Ace 7700 triple > Cassette - 9 speed 11-32 > Seat post - I don't remember. > Seat - Cheap flexy sport seat > Seat bag - Timbuk2 > Pump - Zefal frame pump > Tires - Panaracer Pasela TG 700x28c > Bottle Cage - Stainless King Kage > > http://tinyurl.com/5ss44eh- Photoset > > Jason
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