[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-19 Thread Earl Grey
Yes, the rack is a stainless Tubus Cosmo. It's a beautiful bike, a Bomba without a toptube! Perhaps Riv should do a run of topless Bombas? Great standover clearance, and they should be a bit cheaper to make, to boot. Gernot On Dec 19, 8:28 am, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: Probably a Tubus

Re: [RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-19 Thread Bruce
Or a Glorius perhaps? Those lugs look familiar. From: Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com . It's a beautiful bike, a Bomba without a toptube! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-19 Thread Earl Grey
Yes, the lugs appear to be from the Glorius, the fork is presumably from the Bomba. But if you want to turn this into a production model, a Bomba without a toptube seems to be the obvious way to go. Certainly would be very easy to implement. Gernot On Dec 19, 9:41 pm, Bruce

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-19 Thread Earl Grey
Okay, just looked at the new Bomba. Can't just leave off the toptube. Certainly would need at least a different headtube/diagotube lug. Probably would have to have the diagotube intersect the headtube higher up, as well. But seems like a smart mix of Bomba and Betty lugs and tubes could still get

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-18 Thread EricP
Yup. Stand corrected (again). That is one seriously nice bike. The brown is nice and muted. But still rich looking. (As opposed to the wheels, which are probably Rich looking.) Strangely enough, neither of the Rivendell columns are updated in my iGoogle reader at present. Eric Platt St.

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-18 Thread doug peterson
Anyone recognize the rear rack? Looks kinda Tubus but maybe something else? Nice clean look. dougP On Dec 18, 4:48 am, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: Yup.  Stand corrected (again).  That is one seriously nice bike.  The brown is nice and muted.  But still rich looking. (As opposed to the

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-18 Thread EricP
Probably a Tubus Cosmos - http://www.tubus.com/en/rear-carriers (Although with the pattern have had recently, probably wrong.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 18, 6:41 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Anyone recognize the rear rack?  Looks kinda Tubus but maybe something else?  Nice

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread cyclotour...@gmail.com
I LOOOVE the idea of a mountain mixte. Really cool idea. Wonder how the stock Bettys/Yves would hold up to trail use? On Dec 17, 9:50 am, erik jensen bicyclen...@gmail.com wrote: looks awesome, second for bigger photos~ erik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread erik jensen
they're supposed to be pretty great, but wow with clearance for 60mm or so they'd be even better. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:04 AM, cyclotour...@gmail.com cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I LOOOVE the idea of a mountain mixte. Really cool idea. Wonder how the stock Bettys/Yves would hold up to

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread Mike
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[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread EricP
Betting it wasn't for public consumption. Rivendell used to (might still?) have a section for customers to see the bike before it's shipped. As to a mountain mixte, Mongoose made them at one point. My wife (then girlfriend) had one as her first bike. Long and heavy. But pretty cool chrome.

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread William
The Knothole post was titled mountain mixte and had text describing the bike. I bet they are just editing it to get us our BIG PICTURES On Dec 17, 12:14 pm, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: Betting it wasn't for public consumption.  Rivendell used to (might still?) have a section for customers

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread cyclotour...@gmail.com
Kinda' jonseing for a 29er mixte right now! On Dec 17, 12:14 pm, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: Betting it wasn't for public consumption.  Rivendell used to (might still?) have a section for customers to see the bike before it's shipped. As to a mountain mixte, Mongoose made them at one

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread Mike
On Dec 17, 12:18 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: The Knothole post was titled mountain mixte and had text describing the bike.  I bet they are just editing it to get us our BIG PICTURES I hope that's the case. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread William
...or maybe it's a Christmas present and the giver got Riv to take it down, so as not to spoil it. On Dec 17, 1:12 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 17, 12:18 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: The Knothole post was titled mountain mixte and had text describing the bike.  I bet

[RBW] Re: Mountain Mixte is pretty

2010-12-17 Thread Mike
The mountain mixte is now up. Beautiful. http://www.rivbike.com/assets/payloads/378/original_brown_mixte.pdf So it appears the wait for a Riv custom is now under a year but the price is going up. Looks like you can save $500 if you order before the end of the year. Not in the cards for me right