Jim, that is an elegant machine and a great color. What Nitto rear rack is that? It's a beaut, too.
Thanks, Lee San Francisco, CA On Dec 22, 9:38 am, Jim Cloud <[email protected]> wrote: > The first generation Rivendell Road Standard bikes were painted in > several standard colors. These included orange, blue and green (these > were/are Grant Peterson's preferred palette). In addition, for an > extra cost, they added a contrasting creme color on the headtube. You > could also have the frame pinstriped and personalized with your name > on the left-side chainstay. > > Finally, if you wished, they also were receptive to providing a custom > color for an upcharge. This is what I had done for my bike, with a > paint that I'd seen in an early (1981 era) Paramount bicycle > brochure. The color was "Light Saddle Metallic", and it was a Sherwin- > Williams Sun Fire 421 acrylic enamel (all of the 1981 Paramounts were > painted with the same type of paint, these were the first Paramounts > produced by the newly established Waterford facility). I also had the > frame pinstriped and added the personalization. Here's a link to my > Flickr photostream with photos: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/sets/72157619758078965/ > > Everyone has their own favorite color palette, but I think this color > is especially classy. > > Jim Cloud > Tucson, AZ > > On Dec 21, 7:34 pm, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That sure doesn't look like a Waterford paint job. They are pretty proud of > > the > > work they do there. Are you sure it's not a repaint? Every other early Road > > Std > > I've seen has been a light minty blue. > > > ________________________________ > > From: frank_a <[email protected]> > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 7:38:05 PM > > Subject: [RBW] For Sale: Rivendell Road Standard F/F and headset > > > Up for sale is my 1995/6 Waterford built Rivendell Road Standard, .. > > It's in great shape structurally but the original Waterford paint job > > wasn't so great (there are dust particles beneath the paint). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
