I'm sort of with Phillip here. Rivendell has been evolving during its tenure in the cycling world, but it began based in low BB, long chain stay, neutral handling designs, with a lean to comfortably high handle bars, leather saddles, wider tires (limited by brakes available at the time) and lugged joints. Always steel tubes. Additionally, there have always been artistic touches to make the bikes stand out (head badges and badge designs included), and build kits that are sensible, work reliably and are not stratospheric in cost. Some models are now mostly tig welded to hold down cost but they still ride like a Riv.
Other bikes can be made Rivish, and some competitors (Velo Orange comes to mind) have intentionally tried to do so. I rebuilt an old Japanese made Nashbar MK III in Rivish style and it is a great bike for another example. I personally like the older RBW offerings myself, but would not hesitate to order a custom if finances and need dictated. As it is, the 2 Rivs I already have along with that Nashbar make a super troika of pedal partners for me. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
