The Bomadil Prototype and introduction said it was a 650B mountain bike. This changed for production and I think the 56 and on up were double TT, with the 60 and on up were 700c. The thing about all of Riv's production frame is that there are often unannounced changes with each new batch, and with a different build location. So yeah, the Proto and production frames are different in some ways but the fundamental ride quality did not. That's what proto frames are for, to test out things before full production. I bought that very black Bomba from Marty and repainted it a long time ago and I was so glad it had 700c wheels. It was made my Waterford. On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 7:25:35 PM UTC-4 Cyclofiend Jim wrote:
> Never actually saw that bike blue bike in person.That was definitely an > early proto. The photo was in DirtRag Mag (print version), so you know > there was a delay for printing. > > The specifics definitely changed from that. IIRC, the bike had > fundamentally changed even before that article ran. > > This has 2 sizes of the the clear coat version - > http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2008/cc452-bombadilproto0208.html > A 52 and a 60 from February 2008 at RBWHQ&L - I think that was pretty > close to the dimensions in the one you shared. It did have the single top > tube, which was changed before production. > > This early aught-nine version (with swept-back bars, mind you...) had the > 2TT. > http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2009/cc626-martygierke0309.html > > Gino was riding a proto in 2008 which had the 2TT > > http://chicogino.blogspot.com/2008/05/rivendell-bombadil-my-two-week-fling.html > > J > > On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 6:22:27 PM UTC-7 Chris L wrote: > >> I think the only images I've seen of the blue Bombadil prototype is from >> an article posted on the Cyclofiend website. >> >> Does anyone here own that bike? Anyone know what size it was (52cm, >> 56cm, other???) >> >> Was it the same basic geometry as the clear coated bikes? >> >> [image: Bombadil.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4c2e6f2d-dd71-4b60-986b-41ae08610811n%40googlegroups.com.
