Thanks for the links, Gino. Here in 2023 I think we'd all be down for a Bombadil at $1,600 for the frame and fork.
On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 11:17:41 PM UTC-5 Gino Zahnd wrote: > In 2008 I rode the Bomba prototype for a few weeks. Here are my photos > from then: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/gzahnd/albums/72157607024143730 > > And my review of it in 2008: > > https://chicogino.blogspot.com/2008/05/rivendell-bombadil-my-two-week-fling.html > > On Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 8:16:08 AM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > >> It seems the Bombadil and Hunqapillar frames are beloved. They're stout, >> beautiful, and sometimes have intricate additional tubes and lugs. While >> I've done a lot of reading about Rivendell I was a bit unclear on the >> origins and intended uses of these frames. >> >> I wanted to start a thread where we could share and dump info about these >> bikes along with pictures of builds. >> >> Joe and Jim were helpful in laying out a bit of background in another >> thread >> <https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/mkxv02ciCM4/m/KqWZOIMQAwAJ>, >> there's >> some great info there. >> >> The original Hunqapillar catalog is up here: >> http://notfine.com/rivendell/Brochures/Rivendell%20Frames%20Hunqapillar.pdf >> >> The first mention I can find of the Bombadil is in RR 41, sometime in >> 2009. Excerpted pages attached. As a few members might recall I am very >> into raw frames with brass spilling out of the lugs! I know that many >> Bombadil owners have had their frames repainted like Jason Fuller, whose >> absolute stunner shows up here from time to time. By the way, the picture >> below is one of my very favorite Rivendell images. >> >> [image: Jason Bombadil green.jpg] >> >> There's also the butter-banana Bombadil that recently sold on eBay. I >> believe that one was purchased by John Watson of the Radavist (and he's got >> a Hunq) so we might see some nice pics of that bike sometime soon. >> >> [image: s-l1600-2.jpg] >> >> And speaking of, here's John's Hunqapillar, more images and write-up here >> <https://theradavist.com/rivendell-hunqapillar-review/>. >> >> [image: Johns-Rivendell-Hunqapillar-29er-Klunker-76.jpg] >> >> Are both of these frame names borrowing from Tolkien? I understand RBW >> had to stop using Tolkien names. >> > -- 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/e6739a7f-0658-46bf-8d3b-df9599ce6b62n%40googlegroups.com.
