On Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 11:50:25 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote:
I’ve bought 6 Rivendells and kept 2, so I know all about buying and selling Rivendells. I did put extensive miles on all of mine. But I’m struck (and others too; someone mentioned this to me recently) by how many Rivendell frames and bikes are put up for sale with very few miles on them. Famed framebuilder mentioned that after he retired he found many of his frames sold on eBay and other side, essentially unridden. He commented on his blog that this is because people bought these bikes on impulse, and that many of them were bought like gym subscriptions, with the intent of riding for fitness or exercise and then abandoned when it turned out that exercise wasn't what the purchaser enjoyed. I don't think Rivendells are exempt, despite being a boutique brand that eschews focusing on fitness or racing. Piaw, what size is your Roadini, and how do you set it up? It's a 54cm with drop bars and wide tires. Full build writeup: https://blog.piaw.net/2022/10/putting-together-my-roadini.html I've since been forced by too many broken spokes to downgrade to a pair of Superteam wheels that I found cheap. My older son is about an inch of growth in his legs away from switching from his 50cm Roadini (he'll run out of seatpost insertion height) to mine. (The Roadini was purchased as a backup for my primary touring/commute custom titanium bike that I've already broken the frame twice on). I'm crossing my fingers that I do not have another broken frame for the foreseeable future. -- 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/a3e9ae6b-67bb-4797-9552-d7bb70dc4fa1n%40googlegroups.com.
