Two great reasons to add another Rivendell-related Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/roadstandard/
On Feb 27, 3:56 am, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jason: > > Like you, my '95 Road Std came as a frame and two forks set a couple of years > ago. I saw how a prior owner had built it up, and wanted something a little > different. Using the recently introduced Tektro 556 brakes, I converted the > bike > to a 650B, which lets me run bigger rubber. Also like you, I went with > downtube > shifters, in this case Silvers from RBW. I had a Leather saddle that was > perfect > in comfort but had overstretched (by a prior owner) but which was salvaged by > putting in a longer tension bolt. It has stopped stretching and given many > miles > of useful service since making that fix. Our bikes are the same color and I > list my components next to yours below to compare. > > Nice bikes :) > > ________________________________ > From: J L <subfas...@gmail.com> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 11:33:11 PM > Subject: [RBW] Every bike has a story. > > I think every bike has a story and a Rivendell has a special quality that not > many other bicycles have: they take on the character of their owners. > Really,.... My hope is that this post will inspire others to detail their > setups and bicycle back stories. > > 1996 Road Standard, stock blue color 54cm 1995 54.5 cm > Headset - Shimano 600 Chris King 2 nut > Stem - Nitto Pearl 10cm Nitto Dynamic 10 > cm > Bars - Nitto Noodle 44cm Nitto Grand > Randonneur model 135 > Brake levers - Shimano 105 Shimano RSX > Shifters - Suntour Sprint DT Silver DT > Friction > mode > Brakes -Dura Ace 7700 -kool stop pads on front Tektro R556 Kool Stop Salmon > front and rear > Cranks -Dura Ace 7700 -170mm Campy Veloce triple > 170mm > Chainrings - Sugino 48t, Dura Ace 39t Veloce 52/42/30 > Pedals - dual sided SPD MKS Sylvan > Touring > Wheels - 28h Dura ace 7700 to Mavic CXP-30 rims 32h Dura Ace Uniglide to > Velocity Synergy rims. DB spokes > Front Derailer - Dura Ace 7800 Veloce triple > Rear Derailer - Dura Ace 7700 triple Veloce triple > Cassette - 9 speed 11-32 7 speed > Uniglide > 12 - 28 > Seat post - I don't remember. Titan 2 bolt > aluminum > Seat - Cheap flexy sport seat Selle > Anatomica > non watershed > Seat bag - Timbuk2 Carradice > zip > roll > Pump - Zefal frame pump Zefal frame > pump > Tires - Panaracer Pasela TG 700x28c Pascenti Pari-Moto > 650 > x 38 > Bottle Cage - Stainless King Kage stainless V-O > Moderniste > > http://tinyurl.com/5ss44eh-Photoset > http://www.flickr.com/photos/9535930@N07/4796054626/in/set-7215761214... -- 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-bunch@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.