Because I knew that you were associated with the Herons(very nice bikes) and a friend/colleague of Grant, I hedged about whether the bike was a custom or stock all-rounder...plus I was aware that around 1998 Rivendell started using other builders besides Waterford (Match was one) and using other tubing manufacturers (Vitus, Columbus, IIRCC). If I'd seen purple French 753 decals or the W seat-stay caps in the photo, it would have been a dead giveaway of course. My own A/R was ordered in August 1997 and delivered in December in the same year. Can't bring myself to get rid of it yet.
That being said....@Ted, thanks for clearing that up. Much as I appreciate their newer offerings, I am very attached to the classics On Monday, May 25, 2026 at 9:01:44 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: > On May 25, 2026, at 3:13 PM, Ryan Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: > > probably is an early custom (or not Waterford-built) > > > > I realized after I posted that I should have clarified that I categorize > all of the Rivendell-branded frames,i.e. the ones without another name, as > “Custom”. That includes all the early Waterford-built Road, Long-Low, > All-Rounder, and ATB frames. > > Waterford considered every Rivendell frame to be a custom build, which was > one of the reasons we created Heron. > > In this case, based on the lugs and the parts, I wouldn’t be surprised if > this is an earlier frame with a repaint. I didn’t spend a lot of time > examining the details, though. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > -- 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/0b181b16-52b1-4079-8f33-fda2f7948a18n%40googlegroups.com.
