Hi Marty, I recognized that bike, that was sooo long ago, when I was in my ' purty bike projects' phase. That was a second hand single speed (path racer) Rivendell didn't make many of those since few people asked for. It used to be dark teal blue before I had my new paint scheme idea.
I ran it as a single/fixed around the hilly roads around the east bay but it got old after a while, and my knees stated to protest in earnest. ;-) It had one of my best efforts at shellacing bar tapes. For me, The Sogreni chainguard was its neatest touch except it weighs a ton. I wonder who has it now? My stable has turned over a few times since then and no Rivendells left...;-( But I enjoyed every single one I ever had. Tom T SF Bay Area On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 12:10:01 PM UTC-7 Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA wrote: > I like the idea Bill, and wholeheartedly APPROVE! Are you thinking cantis, > or v-brakes? Timing-wise the new Riv Vs might coincide with frame delivery. > I'm guessing drop bars? Back in my distant past (and before Riv) I had > canti bosses added to a Paramount I had custom built. That was a sweet bike > (and one I never photographed...) so I get the attraction. Color-wise I > lean in the direction of silver metallic (not grey) and have always liked > the idea of a red head tube. I grabbed this pic years ago (someone here?) > and it's still an inspiration. maybe add some red cable housing. > > Looking forward to following along. > > Marty > > [image: cc012-3Rivfix-head2.jpg] > > On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 2:34:56 PM UTC-4 George Schick wrote: > >> Bill - none of the above really. I just see the geometry of the Roadeo >> as those of a typical "road" bike and, since those are the dimensions that >> cross bikes also have, adding canti's to it makes it more or less seem like >> a cross bike. No big deal about it at all, just an observation. Many >> years ago I made an inquiry to Waterford about having them build a bike >> that would basically be a modification of one of their standard road series >> frames, but with canti's. I made the mistake by saying that I wanted it >> built that way so I could easily add and remove fenders between Winter and >> Summer riding seasons. Apparently noses in Waterford, WI, flew up at the >> suggestion because I never go a reply one way or another. Had such a frame >> been built, though, it would've been about the same as what you've ordered >> from Riv. >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 1:22:54 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> George Schick said it "sounds a lot like a cross bike" >>> >>> Um...OK? What is the purpose of your comment? Are you recommending >>> that I put knobbies on my forthcoming Canti-Roadeo and race cross on it? >>> Are you recommending that I cancel my order and buy an off the shelf >>> cyclocross bike instead? Are you opining that a road bike with cantilever >>> brakes ceases to be a road bike? Are you just applying your personal label >>> to my forthcoming bike? >>> >>> I have responses to all of those. What are we discussing? >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 10:52:34 AM UTC-7 George Schick wrote: >>> >>>> Bill - the canti-roadeo you envision sounds a lot like a cross bike. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 12:20:20 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>> >>>>> There are a number of threads on which I've mentioned a desire to own >>>>> a Nobilette-built Roadeo with cantilever posts. It came up in a thread >>>>> about the Legolas, it came up in a thread about brevets on Rivs. I've >>>>> made >>>>> no secret that I wanted a Canti-Roa. There have been Canti-Roms, >>>>> Canti-Rams, even Canti-Homers. I'm on record saying that my ideal Riv >>>>> road >>>>> bike would be a Nobilette build, constructed of Roadeo/Legolas tubing, >>>>> Roadeo Geometry, but the clearances of my Canti-Hillborne. Putting my >>>>> money where my mouth is, I'd stated a few times that if any of you would >>>>> buy my existing Roadeo, that I'd put all your dollars right back to Riv >>>>> and >>>>> order a Canti-Roa. >>>>> >>>>> Well, it finally happened. Lister Corwin needed my 59 Roadeo frame >>>>> and fork, and today I sent all his dollars plus several of my own back to >>>>> Rivendell to order a Canti-Roadeo. Mark Abele and I are ironing out the >>>>> details. I've got no idea yet how long Nobilette's queue is at the >>>>> moment, >>>>> but I'm very excited. I have no clue whatsoever on color yet. >>>>> >>>>> Bill Lindsay >>>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>>> >>>> -- 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/4bdaf61c-f096-4f4d-8c06-c299498cc46an%40googlegroups.com.
