An excellent point. I wouldn't necessarily expect them to have specs for a bike they sold 15 years ago, but it is hard to know if you don't ask.
They are exceptionally friendly folks too. Hugh "2000 Heron Road, but wish I had grabbed a Touring too" Flynn On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Chris Chen wrote: > I want to repeat something that's kind of bugged me a few times: > > If you want to know about Rivendell Bicycles you can call or email them. They > will tell you to the best of their availability. They run a business; it's in > their interests to tell you what you want to know. They're not a church; > you're not going to the Oracle at Delphi and you don't need to light incense. > > If you don't call, or feel sheepish about asking the Great Riv Gods, and > something doesn't work out, don't blame them. > > (This is not directly related to this situation but...) > > We're not digging up dinosaur bones people. This is a going concern. > > cc > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:31 PM, David Hays <23writ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Last year I picked up my first Rivendell, a 650B 56 Homer that is listed as > accepting tires up to 41mm. > I had done a lot of research in this group but still felt lucky and relieved > when 42mm Hetre's and fenders fit without incident. > David > > > On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Evan Baird <vanster...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Like it was made for em. >> >> On Friday, April 25, 2014 10:53:16 AM UTC-7, Tim Gavin wrote: >> Jim- >> >> Seems like a small thing to get so offended by. However, I was in your >> shoes when I picked up my '97 Rivendell Road. Riv Catalog 3 (1997) states >> that the Riv Road has clearance for 700x35c tires, but mine barely clears a >> 700x28c tire, with about 1 mm to spare under the brake bridge and fork crown. >> >> I was kinda disappointed to miss out on all this "fluffy-yet-fast wide >> tires" thing that Riv folks were so excited about. >> >> But, the intervening years since my Riv's creation have produced some >> alternative solutions. 650b wheels, tires, and long-reach sidepulls are now >> easily available. I converted my Riv Road to 650b, and now it fits a 38mm >> wide tire and full fenders. It has a great, comfy ride that feels >> wonderful, yet it's not appreciably slower than with larger diameter 700x28c. >> >> I'm not sure if Riv's specifications were slightly optimistic, if it's the >> difference in tires since then, or what. It was frustrating to find out my >> Riv is a bit of a "lemon", but it's made some excellent lemonade! >> >> And it's really made me want an Atlantis or Hunq for fat 700c tire touring... >> >> Tim Gavin >> Cedar Rapids, IA >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Cyclofiend Jim <cyclo...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> Jim - >> >> I have to say that I'm not really following your point. Certainly, it's got >> to be frustrating to purchase something that doesn't do what you hoped it >> would. But, I'm not sure how you get from a 15 year old archived web page >> to losing trust in Rivendell. Second to that, tire profiles have changed a >> bit in the ensuing time frame. More round now, more larger sizes now. And >> every rim makes a tire sit a bit differently. >> >> With a couple of google stabs, I found several ref's to folks selling Heron >> roads (not sure on the model years), describing tire clearances that ran >> from 28 to 38. Enough that it would have caused concern enough to confirm >> with the seller. >> >> Heron was spun off from Rivendell long ago. Different models, different >> owner, a different company. >> >> Sorry to hear you had a bad outcome, but I don't think it's particularly >> appropriate to draw a far-reaching conclusion about trust from those data >> points. >> >> - Jim >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > > -- > "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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