Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-21 Thread Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
I recall that the business relationship between Riv and Waterford apparently broke down because so many of Riv's frame orders had deviations from the stock spec. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this gro

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread cyclotourist
nder in the early frames how often the original geometry charts > were adhered to. > > -Original Message- > From: cyclotourist ** > Sent: Apr 20, 2013 6:51 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch ** > Subject: Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL > > I meant W'ford didn'

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread James Warren
The first batch of Homers were made at Waterford. Then in mid-2007, you had a choice of Waterford vs. Toyo.-Original Message- From: Joe Bernard Sent: Apr 20, 2013 10:28 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL From www.rivbike.com: Where's it

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread James Warren
: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL I meant W'ford didn't built stock/production bikes till recently. The original Rivendell semi-customs were all made in Wisconsin :-) Cheers,David On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: N

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread Joe Bernard
>From www.rivbike.com: *Where's it made? Early Homers were made in Japan by Toyo. Then gradually and now totally production shifted to Waterford, in Wisconsin.* On Saturday, April 20, 2013 6:02:03 PM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > The outlier being the Quickbeam, which was built by Panasonic.

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread cyclotourist
I meant W'ford didn't built stock/production bikes till recently. The original Rivendell semi-customs were all made in Wisconsin :-) Cheers, David On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM, cyclotourist wrote: > Nice looking bike. Rams are all Japanese built IIRC. W'Ford didn't start > doing bikes till

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread Cyclofiend Jim
The outlier being the Quickbeam, which was built by Panasonic. Ram/Rom, Saluki/Hilsen and Atlantis were built by Toyo. On Saturday, April 20, 2013 2:29:41 AM UTC-7, Fullylugged wrote: > > Waterford did early Rivs like the Road Standard and came back in the > picture a few years ago. Rams, Ro

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread Joe Bernard
An occasional Waterford is always possible in a run of Rivbikes. I wouldn't doubt the seller's information without contacting him first. On Saturday, April 20, 2013 2:29:41 AM UTC-7, Fullylugged wrote: > Waterford did early Rivs like the Road Standard and came back in the > picture a few years

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-20 Thread Bruce Herbitter
Waterford did early Rivs like the Road Standard and came back in the picture a few years ago. Rams, Roms, and Salukis along with Quickbeam many Atlanti were from Japan in betweeen, including the orange model in in the OP's link. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:29 PM, cyclotourist wrote: > Nice looki

Re: [RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-19 Thread cyclotourist
Nice looking bike. Rams are all Japanese built IIRC. W'Ford didn't start doing bikes till fairly recently Cheers, David On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Norman Bone wrote: > Not mine. Pretty sure Rambos weren't made by Waterford, right? > > http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/3753972062.ht

[RBW] Rambouillet on PDX CL

2013-04-19 Thread Norman Bone
Not mine. Pretty sure Rambos weren't made by Waterford, right? http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/3753972062.html -- 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