Edwin, The cost was probably about $1,100 when it was all said and done, excluding a little extra work I had to pay for (I left the headset in and they charged me to take it out and replace the cups and one other spot where a bolt was stuck behind the BB where you can attach the bottom of the fender). It was all fair I think.
The panels and extra touches (head tube, paint on top of fork crown) cost extra. I think you could do a more basic paint job for under $1k. Now, a new frame of this caliber would probably cost $2,500+ no? I used to live in Stamford CT where the italian center would host a Ferrari show in the Spring most years (I think they stopped now). People would drive into the show in new and old Ferraris; one was a 1963 GTO worth (back in 2007 or so) something like $3m or $5m and there was another 1938 (?) Alfa Romeo that won Lemans that year. At the end of the show, the owner of the Alfa (also worth multiple $millions) hopped in the car and drove hit home on the street. I was sort of in shock but also though it was pretty cool. So I feel like my Riv Road should be ridden, you know? I won't ride it a ton but I'll get out there! On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 4:41:00 PM UTC-5 Edwin W wrote: > Peter, > > That is a beautiful bike! > Perfect job by you and Waterford. > > How much did it cost to do? Because I will do that to one of my bikes one > day, and want to start saving!! > > You could literally just hang that on the wall as a beautiful thing to > look at every day... > > Edwin > > On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9:36:36 AM UTC-6 peter....@gmail.com > wrote: > >> This may be my first post here, though it's likely I posted way back >> when (I probably should check that!) >> >> ... So I just had my 1995 Rivendell Road restored at Waterford Precision >> Cycles late last Fall. I actually ordered the frame in 1995, it was brazed >> at the Waterford factory in late '95 and delivered to me in January of >> 1996. So I consider a 1995. It was originally Sherwood Forest Green. >> >> Here it is now: >> >> [image: Rivendell Studio 1-28-230034- Format10 export.jpg] >> >> By luck or happenstance, I actually worked directly with Richard Schwinn >> on the project and I gravitated toward the color "*English Light Blue >> metalic" *when I saw a sample *. *At first I wasn't sure the re-paint >> would happen as a few surface rust spots could have been worse than >> suspected, but all the potential problems turned out to be superficial. >> >> I rode this bike over the last 27+ years in a variety of configurations: >> as a near-racer, later a fendered commuter, at some points I added indexed >> Suntour Superbe derailleurs and later an old Simplex rear friction >> derailleur. It had Modolo brakes for years as well as some 1989 single >> Pivot Dura-Ace calipers. Eventually it received hand-me-down older racing >> bike parts, Shimano and Campy, from my racing bikes and it is now pretty >> much a traditional British style race bike in the tradition of the >> Bridgestone RB-1, except with 11-speed drive train. >> >> This current build is mostly Campy with an Athena rear derailleur (I >> wanted a lot of chrome), Record square taper BB and crank (maybe my >> favorite crank of all time), rebuilt Record hubs, Chorus calipers and >> record front derailleur.. The seatpost is a cool Salsa that can be tilted >> with out loosening the clamp. Stem is a wonderful old Nitto Pearl. Rims are >> Hed Belgium with 28c Rene Hearse tires. The seat is a no-name something or >> other I found on Amazon and bought for the color, turns out to be a great >> seat for me. >> >> So I just finished the build last week and felt this was a good place to >> share. I have a particular affinity for the Richard Sachs designed lugs. >> >> [image: _PSG0709- FM sRGB 2400px 1.jpg] >> >> Here is a cloud folder of frame-only photos and a few after built. >> https://ln5.sync.com/dl/daf4b7440/vjrbrwbt-ipme6hme-k74hpdjr-9ky5ayyr >> >> >> -- 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/18521d8d-a811-439c-a98f-6ee6e43b6b3cn%40googlegroups.com.
