Awesome bike, and congrats! It's indeed an early one, as you can see from this "Lovely Bicycle" post in early Jan 2010: http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2010/01/whats-green-and-lugged-and-not-bicycle.html
Constance has additional posts and ride reviews, like this one: http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2010/11/born-for-hills-review-of-rivendell-sam.html I believe it was her first drop bar bike. Enjoy! Tom On Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 7:02:03 PM UTC-4, Eric Myers wrote: > > Took the Sam for a lovely 20 mile ride today with my son (12) along the > American River Bike Trail, which is where we usually ride, though not > always this far. TLDR: I love this bike. > > I've still got some minor adjustment tweaks to make, but overall I am > really happy with how easy and comfortable this bike rides, right off the > bat. My hands didn't start getting a little tingly until almost the end of > the ride, no neck pain at all, and no aches from bad posture. Our average > speed was about 12 mph, though for once the wind was in our favor - against > us going downhill, and behind us going up. I'm not trying to be a speed > demon on this bike, but I'm happy with that speed for now so I'll probably > raise the handlebars a bit as my first tweak. I was also happy with hand > positions on the Albatross bars: on the grip; hand on the brake lever > clamp; and on the curves. Curiously to me, I used the middle position the > most. > > The build, mostly from stuff I already had: > 2009? NOS Sam Hillborne frame, 60cm > Drivetrain and wheels from 1992 Bridgestone XO-3 > > Shimano Exage 300LX derailleurs > > Shimano 300CX cranks with 50-40-30 chainrings > > Shimano 7 speed Cassette 13-28 > Shimano 300LX hubs > Araya PX-45 36H rims > > Panaracer Pasela PT 700 x 38c tires > Tallux 10cm stem > Albatross bars > Brooks B17 saddle > Nigel Smythe Country Bag > New to me Nitto S83 seatpost from Thomas Skean's 2010 Sam Hillborne :-) > New Shimano Ultegra bar end shifters > New Shimano Deore 610 series V-Brakes and levers. > > Here are two pictures of the bike from the ride: > > [image: IMG_20180915_123354.jpg] > > [image: IMG_20180915_123407.jpg] > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
