I heardGrant comment that they started making 700C ARs because of negative comments about the look of large frames with 26” wheels, especially the headtubes.
Steven Sweedler Plymouth, New Hampshire On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn’t realize that Rivendell made 700C Allrounders. Were these only in > larger — over 60 cm c-c — sizes? > > My first 26” custom Riv Road was designed around the original 26” wheel > Allrounder but with slightly steeper head and made with road tubing (753; > were Allrounders made from this? I hear Grant had thicker walls spec’d) > and road (H James) lugs; fork was 531. It was nice but sized like the XO-1 > and therefore with very low stack; I resorted to custom Salsa quill stems > that worked well but looked ugly. It wasn’t bad and I rode it for at least > 10 years in various builds but my later 26” customs were much better. > > > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Let's see...these were all nice bikes, but not quite right for a variety >> or reasons, or just bad timing budget wise. >> >> Quickbeam >> Bombadil (1st gen) >> Bombadil (the one with the diagatube all the way to the dropouts) >> Atlantis (Toyo) >> 700c All Rounder (Goodrich built) >> Roscoe Bubbe (64cm - the one Will designed) >> Hunqapillar (too small for me) >> Clem H (nice, but too long for my taste) >> >> And the accidental keeper I happened across after learning that customs >> were no longer being offered: >> >> 63cm Rivendell custom 700c All Rounder (Nobillette built - and pretty >> much what I would have ordered anyway) >> >> How long did all that take? Let's just say E*ver Since 1994*. >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguZmsAV3nq4hz-wQrThgPg11e2Rz0FMpzFmchrpkQDwTA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguZmsAV3nq4hz-wQrThgPg11e2Rz0FMpzFmchrpkQDwTA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALimyfKG6LJnvrdqgK2FiAprHo8utJ%2BNEd6B2-TD5biGUmWdPA%40mail.gmail.com.
