I seem to recall reading that when Rivendell was starting out, before they locked in Waterford as the builder, they had sample frames made by a few builders. The only name I can recall is Richard Sachs. I wonder if this is a sample frame made by a builder identified as "B".
Chris On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 11:04:35 AM UTC-4 dub_...@hotmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the comments team. > > The serial is B 1 > > Some more pics now its cleaned up. > > Fork is def original to frame and in keeping with the crown used in this > era as far as I can see. > > On Sunday, 27 June 2021 at 16:18:14 UTC+10 Ian A wrote: > >> The frame has some of the details of a Canti Long Low without the Joe >> Bell paint. The fork has some type of mid fork braze on (looking at the >> photos on mobile). Mid fork braze ons weren't really a Riv thing in the >> beginning, were they? It almost looks like the frame was given an >> available/appropriate fork. Probably a nicely made fork nonetheless. >> >> It is clearly a quality bike and probably rides wonderfully. I rather >> like the patina too. >> >> IanA Alberta Canada >> >> On Friday, June 25, 2021 at 11:17:27 AM UTC-6 Joe Bernard wrote: >> >>> The lugs look right, but you're right about the fork. Maybe that's why >>> it didn't turn into a production frame this way? But yeah, we need the >>> serial number. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, June 25, 2021 at 7:57:47 AM UTC-7 Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >>> >>>> The "Protovelo" stickers were later - maybe '05 or so... they were >>>> created to sell frames which were laying about in the warehouse. I've >>>> never >>>> seen those applied to bikes which weren't pretty close to production >>>> models >>>> - might have used a different dropout without fender/rack mounts or had >>>> braze-ons for cable routing in a weird place. Most I've seen had received >>>> quality powder coating or paint. >>>> >>>> It does seem to have a "star" under the bottle boss, but Riv were't the >>>> only ones doing those types of details. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 6:13:24 AM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I always thought Rivendell marked their prototypes as Protovelo >>>>> On Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 7:14:13 AM UTC-4 Steven Sweedler wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I had a similar Road Custom that was designed around 700 x 28s >>>>>> w/cantis. This was before longer reach dual pivots were introduced. Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 2:49 AM dub...@hotmail.com < >>>>>> dub...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Team, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Purchased this one on ebay and the story is that its a Prototype >>>>>>> Rivendell >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone have any ideas on it's back ground? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> SN M1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Adrian the Aussie >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d48692b0-1f84-4fa9-9722-2402d56629cen%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d48692b0-1f84-4fa9-9722-2402d56629cen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Steven Sweedler >>>>>> Plymouth, New Hampshire >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7be56f74-d0b5-4234-ae3b-fd09109b3a2en%40googlegroups.com.
