>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 most vulnerable part of the frame on any bike is the underside of the upper portion of hte down tube, and the long butt protects this vulnerable area."
I have a Road Std I bought new in 1995. I know I weighed it back then, and I remember something closer to 6 pounds, but mine's a 56, a bit larger than yours appears to be. I remember 1-1/2 pounds being normal for a fork (the blades are standard 531, not 753) back then, and 4+ pounds for a light racing frame. Bill On Feb 11, 8:15 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> 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 opening the box, and the > frame, fork, and Chris King head set all together scale at 5 1/4 lbs. Now, > my thin wall, tig welded (and sold last year) 853 race bike had a 3.1 lb > frame and a 1.1 lb carbon fork, and omitting a headset that was 4.2 lbs. So, > for a one pound weight advantage, it seems to me that I get way more bike > frame. I'm good with that. I was surprised in fact with how light the > frameset was when I lifted it out. > > Tonight I just measured the frame (easy to do when nothing is on it) and > tried it out for general fit using parts in the garage. Some pics are at my > Flickr page (fullylugged) It will be a 650B conversion build. That size is > what you see in the pictures. > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3273676064_d01f174628_b.jpg > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3273677306_4535636735_b.jpg > > I've got some parts to use, still looking for others. Looking forward to some > fun too! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
