I'm reasonably sure that the 753 Grant spec'ed was the same guage as 531 but
heat treated etc. So it was stronger but maybe not any lighter than the
equivalent 531 frame.
Doug
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Ryan wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> As I recall in the early single-digit readers and 1996 cat
>From the first Riv catalog:
"The frames are made of Reynolds 753 steel tubing drawn to our own
specifications, and the tubes are heavier than the stock Reynolds 753
tubes and other superlight steel tubes. But the extra material is
well-placed: The upper down tube butt is 100 mm, because the mo
:38 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Winter Bike Project
If I remember correctly the tubing used on these early Rivendells was
not thicker per se but some of the tubes had a longer butt section. My
'96 road standard has the same paint job and odd green primer you
described - it was built with the l
If I remember correctly the tubing used on these early Rivendells was
not thicker per se but some of the tubes had a longer butt section. My
'96 road standard has the same paint job and odd green primer you
described - it was built with the longer butted Reynolds 753. I set
it up with a compact d
dable replaced it in the
Reynolds line up.
From: Tim McNamara
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:51:34 AM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Winter Bike Project
On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Someone posted that the WI s
On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Someone posted that the WI shop used heavy tubing and I was afraid
> that my Rivvie would feel more like a Batavius.
I remember seeing that and being a bit surprised. The original
Rivendell frames were built from Reynolds 753, which was one of t
t der was.
From: Jim Bronson
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:38:04 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Winter Bike Project
Has it been repainted at some point?
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Love, love, love the bi-plane fork!
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Jim Bronson wrote:
>
> Has it been repainted at some point?
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > UPS delivered mine today. a 1995 RBW (made at Waterford). Someone posted
> > that the WI shop used heavy tubin
Has it been repainted at some point?
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> UPS delivered mine today. a 1995 RBW (made at Waterford). Someone posted
> that the WI shop used heavy tubing and I was afraid that my Rivvie would
> feel more like a Batavius. I put it on a scale after openin
