FS: Rivish Rawland Sogn Lg w S&S couplers and nice bits $1350

[brian feltovich]

Not a Riv, but very versatile and covered in Riv-ish bits!

I've decided to thin the herd a bit and the Rawland is for sale. 

It's from one of the first batches of Sogns, I believe. It was red when I bought it, but I had S&S couplers installed so I had it painted dark green. The work and the paint were done by Chris Kvale in Minneapolis and he did a fine job. Paint is in pretty good shape apart from a spot at the top of the seat tube, just below the top tube. TSA workers opened the travel case and didn't repack carefully and the paint took a hit. I touched it up (badly) and it's covered with a Rawland sticker so it's invisible, but worth disclosing. I have a small vial of the original paint for touchup purposes. Other than that there are some minor scuffs and signs of normal wear, but nothing major. 

The Large size has a 53cm measurement from BB to center of TT. The toptube measures 57cm c-c) but I believe the effective measurement is closer to 59. I'm 6 ft. tall and it fits me perfectly. I can send more measurements if you are curious. The sloping TT makes sense for the intended use of gravel grinder, off-road adventure bike, etc. since it allows tons of standover height. Room for fenders and fat tires...I've ridden this bike with 42mm Hetres (650B) and with 35mm cx tires (700). Both work fine! 

The front fork has the Pacenti biplane lugs and is quite pretty. The rest of the frame is not lugged, but TIG-welded. I believe the frame is double-butted 4130. Rear dropouts are 132.5 so you can use road or MTB hubs. No disc-brake tabs, sorry. Canti-mounts only. Kickstand plate also installed!

Cane Creek headset

Shimano BB

Campy Veloce cranks (compact 50/34)

Salsa Liplock seat collar

NoName (Uno?) seatpost

Ultegra derailleurs front and rear

Shimano 9-sp. barcon shifters

Tektro brake levers

Brooks leather bar tape

NoName stem (?)

Nitto Noodles 46cm 

Paul's Motolite BMX-style brakes

(These canti-mount BMX brakes slide up and down to match rim height so you can run 650B or 700 wheels.)

700 wheelset included: Velocity Aerohead rims and Ultegra hubs (rear spaced to 135). 

Tires, pedals, saddle not included.

Photos here: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9827796@N08/sets/72157631558983660/with/7996556188/

Questions here:

rinjin at mac dot com

This is a great, versatile bike and someone should give it a new home. 

Brian