Those were cool bikes. There were 10 of them made and they were built by Mark Nobillette
On Monday, September 13, 2021 at 9:10:59 AM UTC-4 lconley wrote: > I bought this from Rivendell in 2016. It had been at headquarters for > several years when I bought it as a "Protoveloosa". It is my understanding > that it was one of the "Mystery Bikes". It had an Appaloosa head badge on > it as delivered to me. This was a photograph of it when it was a Riv > headquarters: > [image: tben-5_72e1d376-f37d-4286-8031-c2f5e0f30f2e_1600x.jpg] > It had a B-17 and different shifter setup when I got it. It has gone > through a couple iterations and I just built it up as a single speed - it > has sloped horizontal dropouts: > [image: 3.jpg] > The top tube actual length is about 24.5" and the seat tube is about 21.5" > - perfect for my short legs and long torso. Original headset and kickstand, > but that is about it. > Brooks B-68 saddle on Nitto 26.8 S-83 seatpost. > Sun XCD crank with VO 44 tooth chainring on Shimano BB, KMC stainless > single speed chain with few extra links, 20 tooth White Industries > freewheel - 62 inch gearing with the 28" diameter tires. > gray VP "Thin Gripster" pedals. > I built the wheels - White industries ENO hubs, 36 hole, Wheelsmith DB SS > spokes, VO 700C Escapade rims - 28mm wide with SS eyelets, gray Schwalbe > Big Ben 50mm tires. > 100mm Nitto DirtDrop stem, Nitto Wavie handlebars, Rustines black grips, > Tektro mountain levers. > Dia Compe centerpull brakes, allen mounting, 610 front / 750 rear, Kool > Stop gray "Best Cheap Brake Shoes" > -- 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/4434f31d-873c-4d1a-a3df-c63c22cbd60dn%40googlegroups.com.
