[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-10 Thread mark
Like the comment said, it's a custom Riv, not an Atlantis. You can just pick out part of the "R" on the downtube. This was written about in the Rivendell Reader a while back, apparently Curt Goodrich made custom Rivs for Mr. & Mrs. Carter. On Sep 10, 8:19 pm, jim g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "P

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-10 Thread Ray Shine
Kinda makes one wonder what the Secret Service detail is riding! Ray --- On Wed, 9/10/08, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis To: "RBW Owners Bunch" Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 6:00 PM Like th

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-10 Thread rcnute
All black Kogswell P/Rs. On Sep 10, 6:22 pm, Ray Shine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kinda makes one wonder what the Secret Service detail is riding! > > Ray > > --- On Wed, 9/10/08, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subjec

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-10 Thread Doug Van Cleve
Unless there was more than one pair of bikes, I'm pretty sure it was Joe Starck who built the Carter bikes... Doug On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:00 PM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like the comment said, it's a custom Riv, not an Atlantis. You can > just pick out part of the "R" on the downt

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-10 Thread James Warren
Surly-Original Message- From: Ray Shine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sep 10, 2008 6:22 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis Kinda makes one wonder what the Secret Service detail is riding!Ray--- On Wed, 9/10/08, mark <[EMAIL

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-10 Thread james rogers
It was actually built by Joe Starck. http://search.bikelist.org/beta/TreeView.aspx?id=254434 On Sep 10, 6:00 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like the comment said, it's a custom Riv, not an Atlantis. You can > just pick out part of the "R" on the downtube. This was written about > in the R

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-12 Thread John at Rivendell
The Carter bikes were built by Joe Starck and painted by Joe Bell. 7 years ago this month, in fact. Cheers, John at Rivendell (then, and now). On Sep 10, 7:29 pm, "Doug Van Cleve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless there was more than one pair of bikes, I'm pretty sure it was Joe > Starck who

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-12 Thread Brewster Fong
On Sep 10, 5:19 pm, jim g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "President Jimmy Carter with his Rivendell Atlantis outside the little > restaurant in Plains, Georgia he eats breakfast at almost every day. " > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2844653628/ Sorry, this is an old picture. In

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-12 Thread Lisa -S.H.
Brewster Fong wrote: > Sorry, this is an old picture. In 2007, the President and his wife > *traded in* or upgraded to a Specialized Globe: > > "When Atlanta's Outback Bikes was approached earlier this week to fix > up a set of old bikes for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his > wife, the

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-12 Thread Brewster Fong
On Sep 12, 2:12 pm, "Lisa -S.H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brewster Fong wrote: > > Sorry, this is an old picture. In 2007, the President and his wife > > *traded in* or upgraded to a Specialized Globe: > > > "When Atlanta's Outback Bikes was approached earlier this week to fix > > up a set o

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-12 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Brewster Fong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2844653628/ > > Sorry, this is an old picture. In 2007, the President and his wife > *traded in* or upgraded to a Specialized Globe: > > "When Atlanta's Outback Bike

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-12 Thread rob markwardt
I've got 7 bikes and I'll bet most of us have more than one. I think it's ok if Jimmie's got two ... (although if I had a custom Riv I don't think I'd be looking at a Specialized Globe)! On Sep 12, 4:06 pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Brewster Fo

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread EricP
Wouldn't be surprised if the Specialized were his "bad weather" bike. Doubt he would have gotten rid of the RIvendell. More likely, as has been said, he has multiple bikes, and the Globe was replacing a different bike. And the photo of Mr. Carter can't be that old. The Rivendell has Grip King p

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread Brad
"And the photo of Mr. Carter can't be that old.  The Rivendell has Grip King pedals." Actually, I think they might be the MKS "sneaker" pedals. Nevertheless, I'd like to think he still rides the Riv. Brad --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because yo

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread J. Burkhalter
On Sep 10, 9:22 pm, Ray Shine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kinda makes one wonder what the Secret Service detail is riding! > > Ray I'm pretty almost 100% kind of certain the Secret Service rides these -- http://tinyurl.com/5rwj59 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receiv

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread Bruce
No the Men In Black with earpieces are probably on these: http://sheldonbrown.com/nanodrive/index.html (Scroll down to see the bike) - Original Message From: J. Burkhalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm pretty almost 100% kind of certain the Secret Service rides these -- http://tinyurl.

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:16 AM, tarik saleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . So don't go off sending mean letters to him again because you think he > threw out those old crappy rivs and replaced them with some Globes. > I personally think the Carters took the Rivs down to Goodwill. No, actually they ar

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread tarik saleh
Brewster Wrote: Sorry, this is an old picture. In 2007, the President and his wife *traded in* or upgraded to a Specialized Globe: "When Atlanta's Outback Bikes was approached earlier this week to fix up a set of old bikes for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, the shop responded

[RBW] Re: Presidential Atlantis

2008-09-13 Thread Tom Lettington
Nope - I'm sure http://www.pedersenbicycles.com/gallery6.htm shows what the Men in Black would choose. At 11:49 AM 9/13/2008, you wrote: >No the Men In Black with earpieces are probably on these: > >http://sheldonbrown.com/nanodrive/index.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~--