The color is interesting. I also have never seen one in that color but I found archived web content from Riv that said the two stock colors when launched were green and pewter. The pewter is described as a "fawny silver". Based on that description I would say this is pewter and it was a stock color but most that I have seen were green.
On Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 4:59:49 PM UTC-4 RichS wrote: > Congratulations on the acquisition. Great looking Saluki:-) Didn't know > Riv produced the Saluki in metallic beige(?). Have they used the color on > any other models? > The proportions are just right with the 650b wheels. Enjoy! > > Best, > Rich in ATL > On Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 10:40:15 AM UTC-4 Johnny Alien wrote: > >> On Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 11:23:25 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >> >>> The XC Pro is a cassette hub?? Yep, that baby is rare, it came right at >>> the end of Maeda Suntour's run. Let's see your bike! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 7:22:06 PM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: >>> >>>> Rich has helped pretty much confirm that its a Suzue hub. Thanks for >>>> the help! He also said the rear hub is great but with super specific and >>>> rare cassettes. Great luck for me! >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 3:56:36 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yep, that looks like the Suzue as seen on this pic of Sheldon Brown's >>>>> Quickbeam. The high flange matched nicely with the rear singlespeed hub. >>>>> >>>>> Joe Bernard >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 5:39:15 AM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> My recently picked up Saluki is fantastic. I have been digging into >>>>>> finding out some details about it and the biggest mystery has been the >>>>>> front hub. The shifters, FD, RD and rear hub are all Suntour XC Pro >>>>>> which >>>>>> was never really advertised as Rivendell parts they used but definitely >>>>>> fit >>>>>> into the mold of what they WOULD use. Based on that I am pretty sure >>>>>> that >>>>>> the wheels were made at Rivendell. The rims are pretty clearly Velocity >>>>>> Synergy. The only thing I couldn't figure out was the front hub which is >>>>>> unmarked. After some research I am pretty sure that it's a Suzue hub >>>>>> that >>>>>> Rivendell used for the Quickbeam wheels. Since the Quickbeam was >>>>>> announced >>>>>> around the same time it makes sense that Rivendell would have a bunch of >>>>>> these hubs around. Here is a photo of the currently dull front hub. >>>>>> Can >>>>>> anyone with a Quickbeam with stock wheels confirm if this is what that >>>>>> hub >>>>>> looked like? >>>>> >>>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/75b0035f-fb17-4dc9-ad59-318130f60cc6n%40googlegroups.com.
