were some of the very first Rivs made with lugs bought from the remaining Bridgestone stock?, maybe I read that in a dream or something. Also, a small fram may have had hard to fit angles fo rthe early Riv lugs. It would be interesting to find the history.
Rob On Jul 12, 11:42 am, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > They almost look like Bridgestone lugs. I wonder if the head lugs were > abbreviated because of the bike's small size? > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Angus > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 8:33 AM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay > > I agree with Doug, those lugs looks very simple for an early > Rivendell. > > IIRC the Road Standards had the Richard Sachs designed lugs other > models hand different, simplier (but not his simple?) lugs. > > Angus > > On 11 July, 23:16, Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Joe, > > > I agree about the paint but I don't recall ever seeing any Riv with plain > > lugs. There are/were early ones around that don't have the first RBW crown, > > as the initial testing revealed a flaw and some frames went out with HJ > > crowns. Even the early Rivs had the Sachs designed lugs to the best of my > > knowledge. Most curious... > > > Doug > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I hate to disagree....well, actually I kind of like to disagree. Anyway, > > > if you look around, you'll find that there are plenty of early Rivs that > > > have paint jobs that differ markedly from the current Riv aesthetic. I > > > distinctly remember one that was sort of a limey green metallic with yell > > > head tube and lugfill. And no, Joe Bell would never paint a non-Riv frame > > > and then put Riv decals on it. Also, after the first paintjob, Grant/Riv > > > no > > > longer controls the paint job style choices so if it's a second paintjob, > > > that would also explain the difference. > > > > I am a little confused by the poster not knowing the model, though. It > > > would seem that any Riv owner would know that. Then again, an early Riv > > > would likely not have had a model name as they started out kind of simply. > > > It might have just been a road frame. > > > > Joe > > > > ------------------------------ > > > From: dvancl...@gmail.com > > > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:20:58 -0700 > > > Subject: Re: [RBW] Fw:URL Odd small Riv on Ebay > > > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > > I agree, very odd. Nothing about it says Rivendell except the decals, but > > > JB wouldn't refinish a non-Riv with those decals would he? > > > > Doug > > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:58 PM, trevor segraves > > > <hoont...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > > Almost forgot > > > >http://tinyurl.com/2emhsfw > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > > > *From:* trevor segraves <hoont...@yahoo.com> > > > *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > *Sent:* Sun, July 11, 2010 1:31:16 PM > > > *Subject:* Odd small Riv on Ebay > > > > Simple lugs, Henry James crown, granted it is a small frame, but nothing > > > on > > > this bike says Riv to me accept the decals and badge, even the water > > > bottle > > > bosses seam oddly placed. > > > Any thoughts? > > > Trevor- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
