[RBW] Every bike has a story.

[J L]

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, it is like the bicycles develop a life of their own after a while.
Here is a brief story, followed by photos, of one of my Rivendells: a 1996
road standard.  My hope is that this post will inspire others to detail
their setups and bicycle back stories.

I bought the bike as a Frame/Fork plus extras a few years ago.  It was
disappointing at first to find out that this model, which uses 49mm brake
reach, does not allow a true 28mm tire plus fender to fit.  What seemed like
a set back ended up being a large influence on the build of the bicycle.
Initially I used a wheel set made up of Chris King hubs built with bladed
spokes along with a Ritchey compact double crankset and other assorted
parts.  The gearing was too low on the 110bcd cranks and the hubs were too
loud. I knew I needed to change things up.  After looking around a bit and
scouring my parts bin I came across the Dura Ace parts that are on the
bicycle now.  I had 9 speed Dura Ace brake/shifters on for a while but found
that they fail too easily and are expensive to replace.  I went back to
friction shifting with the help of some Suntour Sprint DT shifters.  Finally
everything was cohesive on the bicycle and it felt more stable, fast, and
fun than ever.

Here is the current set up, because I know we all like the tiny details.
I expect it will stay this way for a while:

1996 Road Standard, stock blue color 54cm
Headset - Shimano 600
Stem - Nitto Pearl 10cm
Bars - Nitto Noodle 44cm
Brake levers - Shimano 105
Shifters - Suntour Sprint DT
Brakes -Dura Ace 7700 -kool stop pads on front
Cranks  -Dura Ace 7700 -170mm
Chainrings - Sugino 48t, Dura Ace 39t
Pedals - dual sided SPD
Wheels - 28h Dura ace 7700 to Mavic CXP-30 rims
Front Derailer - Dura Ace 7800
Rear Derailer - Dura Ace 7700 triple
Cassette - 9 speed 11-32
Seat post - I don't remember.
Seat - Cheap flexy sport seat
Seat bag - Timbuk2
Pump - Zefal frame pump
Tires - Panaracer Pasela TG 700x28c
Bottle Cage - Stainless King Kage


http://tinyurl.com/5ss44eh - Photoset

Jason

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Re: [RBW] Every bike has a story.

[Bruce]

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 
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 -170mmCampy 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 11-327 speed 
Uniglide 
12 - 28
Seat post - I don't remember.   Titan 2 bolt 
aluminum
Seat - Cheap flexy sport seatSelle 
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 Kagestainless V-O 
Moderniste


http://tinyurl.com/5ss44eh- Photoset 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9535930@N07/4796054626/in/set-72157612148124190/


  

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