I want to add on to my minorly (I hope minorly) snarky remark about buying a Surly LHT. I have four Rivendells and I agree all four were worth every penny. I always wanted a Bridgestone XO-1 back in the early 90s, but never bought one and was bummed when the company went down in the summer of 1994. They even had a XO-1 sale that summer that I missed when out of country. Anyway in 1995 I happily plunked down $900 if memory serves for an AllRounder (received Jan 1996), paying extra for the chameleon paint job. That bike has been ridden on commutes, tours, fast paced road rides, single track dirt. It has been in 3 or 4 configurations; it has indeed been a chameleon. This winter its getting a Rohloff hub! (after Christmas apparently) http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/4601769640/ It has some beausage, including a dent in the top tube while chasing an attractive young lady pedaling ahead of me. The second bike was a road standard in 2001, designed by Grant, built by Curt Goodrich, painted by Joe Bell. It's still my main summer road ride, my favorite road bike of all time. http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/7439691084/in/photostream/ Then Rivendell just kept piling on: In 2006 (I think?) I could not resist one of the first green Quickbeams. I used to love to ride fixed in the winters in prep for the upcoming racing season. And the design of this Q was just so cool with multiple gears at the hand ready (mine has 5 gears). http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/7832253824/ In 2009 a 62cm copper Legolas sat on the website for a few months. There were two, then there was one when I bought yet another Rivendell. Its such a fun ride, my mixed stuff mainly road but plenty of gravel roads http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/with/7832253824/ My most expensive bike of all time with some blingy components. It has some beausage too, so I no longer have to worry about the lovely paint. All the while I thought of the Atlantis, but where did it fit into this pile of overlapping bikes? Would it be a 700c version of the AllRounder? I dream of long self-contained tours, but my reality is more S24O. When I saw the LHT's geometry that was within a few mm of the Atlantis in my size and for only $450, I pulled the trigger. I have ridden the LHT hard in all kinds of conditions. For a load carrying rough-stuff bike, its great. And it saved me from having nothing but Rivendells in the garage. Good bikes all, well ridden, well loved. My son will enjoy them after I am done. Maybe his kids will after him. I hope so.
On Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:17:58 AM UTC-7, reynoldslugs wrote: > >>> First one I bought was, I think, less than $1,000. > Every frame I've purchased from Rivendell has been worth every penny. The > first was around '99 or so, drove down to RBWWHQ to pick up a Heron Road. > Not sure but I think it was $950, maybe as high as $1050. That frame > became the bike that brought be back into cycling after almost 15 years. > It's now the subject of an enjoyable 650B conversion project. > thanks Grant - > > Max B > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
