Re: [RBW] Hello from Ireland

[Ant Warland]

Hi Nick, 

Fellow drop bar Appaloosa owner here. I've been trying to figure out for 
some time how to get my dynamo light and front bag to play nicely - I 
really like your solution of putting the light under the bag. What rack are 
you using on the front there?

Thanks for the post,
Ant

On Monday 15 April 2024 at 00:07:15 UTC+1 Jay wrote:

> Hello Nick - welcome!
>
> I would like to see photos.  Ooo, and Videos, if you don't mind, both of 
> the city and countryside ;-)
>
> Seriously though, would LOVE to see some vlogs from Ireland :-)
>
> On Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 4:08:26 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote:
>
>> Welcome! I think you are the only Irish listmember. Please post photos of 
>> your rides and routes. Five or six years ago my daughter spent 10 days or 
>> so in Ireland with a high school chorale group and did the usual tours by 
>> coach outside of Dublin; lovely scenes. I had vague thoughts of flying out 
>> with a bike at the same time to do a tour but it came to nothing.
>>
>> I know we have at least one Japanese listmember who posts beautiful ride 
>> photos, and of course the list includes riders in all parts of the US 
>> posting hugely varied scenery, but I don't know of any other European 
>> members, let along another Irish one. Perhaps we had a Scottish listmember 
>> a few years ago, or did he post on the iBoblist?
>>
>> Patrick Moore, in the cottonwood bosque along the Rio Grande in the 
>> middle of the Southwestern US high desert.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM Nicholas A  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> My name's Nick from Dublin, a reformed racer, proud owner of an 
>>> Appaloosa with an A Homer Hilsen in the pipeline as well. I have a few 
>>> other bikes in the stable as well, a couple of Mercians namely. One is in 
>>> bits, and a lot of those bits are on the other. 
>>>
>>> Can't say I've seen a lot of Rivs in Ireland but I did chat to a guy on 
>>> a lovely Quickbeam recently.
>>>
>>> When I got the Appaloosa first I had Albatross bars on it but have a 
>>> stubby stem and 48cm Noodles on there now, I much prefer them. I guess you 
>>> can take the boy outta the road but you can't take the road outta the boy. 
>>>
>>> Anyway, happy to be here, I've been enjoying reading everyone's posts 
>>> and hope I can contribute something.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
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>>>
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Re: [RBW] Stolen 1995 Rivendell Road Standard recovered!

[Ant Warland]

Great to hear you're reunited with your bike. I also want to echo Matt's 
warning on acetone. Isopropyl alcohol (aka. IPA or rubbing alcohol) will 
clean off the permanent marker instantly without damaging the clear coat.

On Tuesday 7 November 2023 at 02:14:09 UTC Matthew Williams wrote:

> Congratulations Adrianna! I’ve been watching for your bike at swap meets 
> and everywhere I ride and walk, so I’m very happy you got it back! 
>
> With regards to removing Sharpie: DO NOT use acetone! Acetone will remove 
> the clearcoat, decals, and the Rivendell enamel paint. Acetone is one of 
> the “hottest” solvents and I only use acetone when I’m cleaning bare metal.
>
> So happy for your good news! Can you share more details of how you got it 
> back?
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2023, at 5:11 PM, John Rinker  wrote:
>
> Hey Andrew and Adrianna,
>
> Also, to remove Sharpie pen you can color over the Sharpie with 
> white-board marker. This will remove Sharpie with no damage to paint or 
> decal. A trick I learned from a 3rd grade student.
>
> Cheers, John
>
> On Monday, November 6, 2023 at 2:30:11 PM UTC-8 Andrew Letton wrote:
>
>> Great news, Adrianna! I'm happy for you.
>>
>> I can't really tell from the resolution of the photo, but it looks like 
>> it is just the decals that were painted or marked over. If they used a 
>> Sharpie pen, acetone should remove the pen markings without damaging the 
>> paint job (but test in a small area to be sure!). If they used paint, some 
>> paints may be dissolved by acetone as well. I'm fairly certain that the 
>> original paint will not be harmed by acetone, but again, I would test this 
>> in an inconspicuous spot first.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Andrew in Sydney
>>
>> On Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 09:07:17 AM GMT+11, Adrianna T <
>> skinn...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just thought to share the good news. A few months ago, my Riv was stolen 
>> from my garage in San Francisco. I got it back this week.
>>
>> The gist of the story was that a bike person in my community came across 
>> this bike, figured it was stolen, got it from the person selling it, and 
>> contacted me. 
>>
>> All the parts were intact, except bags and lights and bottle cages, and 
>> the bike was totally fine. Someone had painted over the lugs in a black and 
>> blue and it's kind of ugly, but that's maybe a good story to tell some day.
>>
>> I am so happy!
>>
>> -Adrianna
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Re: [RBW] Re: HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

[Ant Warland]

Hi all, just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone involved in putting 
this archive together. I'm soon to be an Appaloosa owner and am thoroughly 
enjoying learning about the company's history through the early Readers.

In case anyone wants to download the entire archive (all 3.2 Gb of it) for 
reading offline I was able to do so using wget with the following command:

wget -r -np -nH -R index.html* https://notfine.com/rivreader/

Here's how I got wget working on my Windows 10 PC:

1) Downloaded the latest wget EXE for my x64 OS
2) Copied that file to my PATH directory (C:\Window\System32\) - note your 
PATH variable might be different, check it with command 'path' in cmd (see 
below).
3) Opened command prompt (click start, type 'cmd', hit Enter)
4) Navigated to my downloads directory with command 'cd Downloads'. Again 
this might differ for you.
5) copied and pasted (right click in command prompt) the wget command above

This creates a new directory 'rivreader' and downloads every file and 
folder from https://notfine.com/rivreader/

If you want to download specific directory only (E.g. Ads), use the command:

wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=1 -R index.html* 
https://notfine.com/rivreader/Ads/

*Note *that https://notfine.com/rivreader/ has identical contents to 
https://notfine.com/rivendell/ so either one is good.

Hope this is helpful,
Ant
On Sunday 8 January 2023 at 22:49:24 UTC Patrick Moore wrote:

> That 1994 Gazette is a blast from the past; I remember receiving it and 
> reading about Pino Morroni as I was probably Bob # 4301. Randy Quaid and 
> Meg Ryan owned XO-1s; I either missed that 30 years ago or didn't know who 
> Randy Quaid or Meg Ryan were -- quite possible. And I remember WordPerfect; 
> possibly Wordstar too.
>
> Thanks to Marty for scanning these.
>
> $74 for a Rivendell jersey
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 11:42 AM Eric Marth  wrote:
>
>> Hi Kim — Yes, that's all of them. Big thanks to Marty Gierke for scanning 
>> all of them :) 
>>
>> On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 8:45:51 PM UTC-5 krhe...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Eric,
>>>
>>> Is this all of the BOB Gazettes ?
>>> http://notfine.com/rivendell/BOB-Gazette/
>>>
>>> Kim Hetzel
>>> Yelm, WA. 
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:16:41 AM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 It sure would be great to have all the BoB Gazettes scanned and 
 archived!

 On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 10:55:42 AM UTC-5 Marty Gierke, 
 Stewartstown PA wrote:

> Some rare BOB Gazettes popped up today and I made an offer, but the 
> seller pulled the listing. Issues 5,6 and 7 would have been fun to have 
> and 
> scan. I hope they will re-surface here. I grabbed a few front page screen 
> shots - better than nothing, and kind of a tease. Issue 6 talks about 
> keeping BOB on life support. Issue 7 (the last?) hints at a business 
> making 
> "BOBcyles". This was late 1994...Rivendell was about to emerge. 
>
> Marty
>
> [image: s-l1600.jpeg]
> [image: dfsdfg.jpeg]
> [image: fawerr.jpeg]
>
> On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 12:49:58 PM UTC-5 eric...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all -- Quick update: I've scanned some additional material and 
>> Reed has added it to the Rivendell archive at 
>> http://notfine.com/rivendell
>>
>> Brochures
>>
>>- Rivendell Safety Sheet
>>- Sam Hillborne brochure
>>- The Rivendell Frame booklet 2002
>>
>> Flyers
>>
>>- 2000 Hiawatha Holidays
>>- 2008 Frames
>>- 2012 Comfort
>>- 2014 Holiday Handout
>>- 2017 Holiday Flyer
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 10:18:38 AM UTC-4 EricP wrote:
>>
>>> I have already mailed the Hillborne brochure and the small fold up 
>>> catalog to Eric for him to scan.
>>>
>>> Eric Platt
>>> St. Paul, MN
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 12:35:44 AM UTC-5 Cyclofiend Jim 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Wow. 
 Eric - that is a wonderful contribution.

 I don't think I ever got a Cheviot brochure, and I have the 
 Hiawatha Holidays No. II, but not No. 1

 I've got a few ephemeral bits and bobs, on my list to scan - just 
 flipped quickly through my box o' stuff and found:
 Original Banana Bag instructions (similar in style to the Boxy Bag 
 instructions), some WoolyWarm stuff, a few one sheets on various bits. 
  
 There was also a tiny little fold-up products "catalog" that I have a 
 few 
 of. A few paper Atlantis catalog handouts. 

 - Jim

 On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 10:08:47 AM UTC-7 
 eric...@gmail.com wrote:

> I've spent the last several months scanning my collection of 
> Rivendell catalogs, flyers, ads and brochures. 
>
> Reed, who hosts