on 5/3/10 10:01 AM, Rob Harrison at robha...@gmail.com wrote: > If all goes well it appears I may soon become an official member of > the RBW Owners Bunch. (!!!) I'm curious about the origins and history > of the Saluki. Can anyone fill me in? > > For example... > > € When did the model debut? Was it the first Riv bike designed for 650b? > € Where were they made? By whom? > € How many were made? > € Did colors vary by model year, or was there a stock range? What were > the colors? (I've seen mainly orange and butterscotch in the larger > sizes, but there is quite a range of colors of smaller sizes still on > the riv site.) > € It's not currently in the catalog. When did production stop? Will > they be back? (I heard a rumor of a possible rotation with the A.H.H.?) > € Anyone have a pdf of the original "brochure" or design brief?
Hey there Rob - Welcome to the bunch. I never put together a Saluki-specific page yet - http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw But, there wasn't too much in terms of separate printed material that I came across. There were definitely announcements in the Reader. It was the first 650B/584 bicycle that they produced. The production was not so much "stopped" as rolled into the Hilsen - the 650B/584 version is pretty similar if not identical. Except for the name and headbadge, of course. I'm kind of under the gun on a project early this week, but will dig through the archives later and try to get some more info posted. Here are some examples in the galleries: http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2009/cc604-ginozahnd0109.html http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2005/cc004-joelstern0505.html http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2006/cc117-joeszokoli0506.html http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2008/cc490-daveminyard0608.html http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc307-iankersey0507.html http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc359-clairezahnd0807.html -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
