Ancient Rivendell

[Marc Irwin]

  A local bar held a Vintage Bike Rally/swap this past Saturday.  Amidst the other stuff I found this ancient Riv like bike with prototype bosco bars.

Nobody could tell me the make or year, but you know, the more things change....

Marc

[Peter Morgano]

Strut between handlebars looks like it makes a nice place for a friend to sit, a bike built for two!

Marc

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[Marc Schwartz]

Or, a coupla parrots; converse whilst ye ride, matey!
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Strut between handlebars looks like it makes a nice place for a friend to sit, a bike built for two!

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Marc Irwin <irwi...@gmail.com<mailto:irwi...@gmail.com>> wrote:

A local bar held a Vintage Bike Rally/swap this past Saturday. Amidst the other stuff I found this ancient Riv like bike with prototype bosco bars.

Nobody could tell me the make or year, but you know, the more things change....

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Marc

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[Jeremy Till]

That strut is actually pretty close to what Grant was doing with his Bosco prototypes last summer, I think he said it was to see how many different hand positions he could eek out of the bars:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79246467@N03/7415796456/in/set-72157629861213795

[Marc Irwin]

I remembered that, he used one of the Irish straps to experiment with it.

Marc

[Joe Bunik]

I don't think it's a (/that) Rudge, or necessarily English... I'm
going to just wild guess maybe CCM? Also note the wonderful truss
fork... (and, check out my friend's new ride:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77646587@N00/7954970772 !)

Struts were pretty common among the big Boscos of yore - here's a
great bike I saw up in Toronto a few years ago:
http://bunik.org/bikes/cargo/img_4854.jpg

=- Joe Bunik
Walnut Creek, CA

On 9/11/12, bulldog1935 <bulld...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure it's an old Rudge
> http://oldbike.wordpress.com/1912-rudge-whitworth-no-3-aero-special-de-luxe-all-weather-full-roadster/

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I'd ride it!

On Monday, September 10, 2012 3:00:14 PM UTC-5, Marc Irwin wrote:

[Rex Kerr]

The strut looks permanent... how would you remove them from the stem clamp?

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[Marc Irwin]

Yep, the strut is welded in place.  The stem has to come off with the bars.

Marc