Ah...my favorite Rivendell. Every time the conversation turns towards the current Rivendell design..double top tube, diagonal tubes, curvy stays, beefy (my opinion).... I think about what drove me to Rivendell in the first place. Simple, clean,classic, proportional lines. I can't remember the exact quote from an early reader and I may be paraphrasing but Grant said something to the effect that he liked bike frames to be "bird like". Jim's bike is it for me.
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 6:05:53 PM UTC-7, Jim Cloud wrote: > > It's fairly easy to mount a pump so that it doesn't conflict with picking > up the bike and shouldering it to carry the bike. Here's a photo that > shows my Rivendell Road Standard with the pump (a Silca) mounted behind the > seat tube using a Campy "umbrella" style pump holder. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964304@N05/10299444896/in/photostream/lightbox/ > > I live in an upstairs apartment and carry my bike down every time I ride. > I'm personally not a big fan of the double top tube frames, but I suppose > they may be needed for a frame as large as the H.H. listed on eBay (71 > cm). My frame is 65 cm, and I've never experienced any issues with frame > rigidity (I also have a 26" Schwinn Paramount). > > To each his/her own... > > Jim > > On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:00:56 PM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: >> >> +one on looking great on all bikes. Benefits. A good hand hold when >> picking the bike up rather than grabbing a single tubed version with a >> frame pump in the way and a conversation starter. >> just my .02. >> >> ~Hugh >> >> On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:53:25 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: >>> >>> Surely you mean "just OK" as opposed to on all other bikes where the >>> double TT looks great. :-) >>> >>> - Jim "2TT is now my favorite" Warren >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 16, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Eric Daume <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I actually think the double top tube looks OK on that big frame. >>> >>> Eric "but not for me" Daume >>> Dublin, OH >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Curtis <cmc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice bike for the tall folks. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivendell-A-Homer-Hilsen-71cm-randonneur-build-/221299081509?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3386740125 >>>> >>>> Ride Safe, >>>> >>>> Curtis >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
