I think in the '90s and early '00s, whether Waterford, Joe, Match, or Curt built a bike it would be called a Rivendell Road Standard, Rivendell LongLow, or Rivendell All Rounder, even though there were no decals to differentiate them. I think I remember seeing a build sheet in that era where Grant would circle Road Standard, LongLow or All Rounder. Also, the Riv catalogs in that era still talked about the three models while introducing that Joe and Match would be the builders.
My guess is your custom is a Rivendell Road Standard. I thought of this because when I saw Andrew's Joe-built LongLow from 1999 my first thought was that the head tube lugs looked like All Rounder lugs not Road Standards. I believe Grant selected All Rounder lugs on some large Road Standard and LongLow frames. On Oct 13, 6:59 am, tdusky <tdu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I have a Rivendell custom, I often ride with a friend who has a A. > Homer Hilsen and often people come up to admiring our bikes and always > ask me what model my Rivendell is when I say a custom they ask which > model? Many people don't even know what means. I have had it for 10 > years when the only production frame they sold was the Atlantis $950 > back then. > > On Oct 13, 5:54 am, Bruce Herbitter <bruce.herbit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > With the lugged steel construction, Walnut Creek geometry and fatter tires > > room, they sort of do say "Rivendell." Some models (like the Rambouillet) > > also say "by Rivendell" in small letters under the model name, or (like > > Saluki) on the head badge and/or seat tube decal. > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A while back we had a chat about how Riv's production bikes don't stand > > > out > > > as Rivendells, and I professed that I wished they did. Then Grant said > > > that > > > it was never his intention to have them all be Rivendell-plus-model-name; > > > that he wanted an Atlantis to be an Atlantis, etc. > > > > Now that I have my A. Homer Hilsen built up (pics soon!), I see the wisdom > > > in it. I mean, it's says A. HOMER HILSEN in big letters on the downtube; a > > > big ole AHH on the seattube; and a dedicated Hilsen badge on the headtube. > > > It's gonna take me all day to explain *that *name..can you imagine what > > > happens if I try to explain "it's actually a Rivendell"? > > > > So yeah, between you and me and the lamppost it's a Rivendell, but for the > > > rest of the universe..it's a Hilsen. > > > > Joe "and that light green is *gorgeous*" Bernard > > > Fairfield, CA. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/mfcn-7SXHTwJ. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. -- 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-bunch@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.
