Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-12 Thread CycloFiend
on 7/12/10 8:53 AM, Joe Bartoe at jbar...@hotmail.com wrote: > The ebay bike owner should give the serial number. Has anyone tried asking for > it to verify if it's a real serial number for a Riv. You can almost see it in > thepics, but it's a bit blurry. I asked, but haven't/didn't hear back. T

Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-12 Thread Bruce
@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 10:53:17 AM Subject: RE: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay Yep, you're right. Even the earliest Rivs that I can find like Chris Kostman's '95 All-Rounder have more ornate lugs compared to the E-bay bike, and these are much less ornate than mo

Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-12 Thread trevor segraves
Its not the paint which throws me off but rather the simple lugs, and Henry fork crown, never seen such a model. From: Joe Bartoe To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 5:29:39 PM Subject: RE: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay I

Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-12 Thread Bruce
The serial # would be informative From: Doug Van Cleve To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 7:20:58 PM Subject: Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay I agree, very odd. Nothing about it says Rivendell except the decals, but JB

RE: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-12 Thread Joe Bartoe
king for it to verify if it's a real serial number for a Riv. You can almost see it in thepics, but it's a bit blurry. Joe From: dvancl...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:16:30 -0700 Subject: Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Joe, I ag

Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-11 Thread Doug Van Cleve
ad a model name as they started out kind of simply. > It might have just been a road frame. > > Joe > > -- > From: dvancl...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:20:58 -0700 > Subject: Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay > > To: rbw-owners

RE: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-11 Thread Joe Bartoe
0:58 -0700 Subject: Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com I agree, very odd. Nothing about it says Rivendell except the decals, but JB wouldn't refinish a non-Riv with those decals would he? Doug On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:58 PM, trevor segraves wrote:

Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-11 Thread CycloFiend
I haven't seen a lot of the early bikes, but if I were bidding on this, I'd look for some better documentation than appears in his description and answers to the questions. I'm sure there have been some derivations over the years, but I would tend to think that would be by specific special order,

Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-11 Thread Doug Van Cleve
I agree, very odd. Nothing about it says Rivendell except the decals, but JB wouldn't refinish a non-Riv with those decals would he? Doug On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:58 PM, trevor segraves wrote: > > Almost forgot > > http://tinyurl.com/2emhsfw > > > > - Forwarded Message > *From:* tre

[RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay

2010-07-11 Thread trevor segraves
Almost forgot http://tinyurl.com/2emhsfw - Forwarded Message From: trevor segraves To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 1:31:16 PM Subject: Odd small Riv on Ebay Simple lugs, Henry James crown, granted it is a small frame, but nothing on this bike says