FS: 2003 Curt Goodrich-built, Dave Porter and Chauncey Matthews-modified 26" wheel Rivendell Road fixed gear custom ***road bike***

[Patrick Moore]

Two people asked me a while ago to sell this frameset to them. I know the name of the second person; I forget the name of the first, who offered me $650 shipped.

I feel obliged to give these 2 right of refusal in the order they contacted me.

Price is $750 shipped CONUS.

I am selling frame, fork (no headset), integrated racks (there are front lowriders to match), fenders (VO 50 mm), extra fenders (new no package Berthoud 650B 40 mm), and if you want it, a well used but still bearing-smooth Surly fixed/free 130 mm OL hub. 

Note:

1. I am selling the package; will not part out.

2. Sorry, the brake calipers **are not included.**

3. The frame had threaded fender bosses under rear bridge and crown; I stripped those so that the rear fender uses the usual sheet metal clamp, and the front uses a daruma. (I cut off the formerly-threaded fork crown plate to install the daruma.)

4. The seatstay bridge is a wee bit too low for perfect fender line, as you can see from the photo, but it will accommodate 1.35mm Kojaks on 21 mm outside rimes underneath with enough clearance to leave my conscience free.

5. I cut ~4 mm off the ends of the long rear dropouts to make axle entry and egress easier; you can see the primer in the photo.

6. The racks and frame have dyno lighting wire guides but designed for SON DeLuxe and Edeluxe 1. Wire runs from hub up inside left fender/lowrider arch strut to lamp which bolts to bracket at top of arch; tail light wire runs back down strut to dropout, then up fork leg in guide where it has to wind around brake cable to access guides along top tube; thence to guides on right seatstay down to rack where it disappears into rack tube only to emerge at the rear of rack for attachment to the tail light.

7. Note these well:

*** getting 2 wires up and down the arch/strut is a royal pain!** But I did it and so can you. It looks nice and need. Or run up on outside with zip ties, what do I care?

** the holes in the arch and rack struts are just holes: no grommets or finessing, just holes. But in x thousand -- 6? 8? -- miles including many bumps my wires were never cut or compromised.

Upon initial assembly, frame, fork (forget if I subsequently cut the steerer. but don't worry, it's long enough, along with sloping tt and raised head tube) to get bar high) and Ultegra headset (*not included*) weighed 7 lb. 

This is a stout frame and the stoutness -- more stout than the 1999 Joe Starck which was its model -- made it "bog*" for me -- unlike the 1999.

* "bogging" is the diametrical opposite of "planing."

Lastly, photo credits: My daughter Catie snapped these shots with her iPhone 8 S in 4 minutes and got results that make my best efforts look like those of an 8 year old with a Brownie Box Camera. 

More lastly yet: I include a photo of the bike that replaced this 2003 Riv, also taken by Catie which is not as nicely built or finished, but man, does it ride better!

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[Patrick Moore]

Forgot the photo of the replacement.

[Joe Bernard]

I gotta tell ya Patrick, I'm mighty impressed that you got that much detail into a FS post without mentioning the size 👍

[Patrick Moore]

58 X 56.5 or 57 c-c, with sloping tt and high head and steerer. My ideal level tt size is 60 X 56-57.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 11:48 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Patrick Moore]

One probably not last remark: The journey to my custom 26" wheel road frames started with mountain bikes converted to road use, went to a 1992 XO-1, and then to the 3 Riv customs that I asked Grant to make as improvements on the XO-1. He said of the first, 1995, not as good as 2 and 3, "Oh, it'll be an improvement." And it was; and the 1999 and this 2003 are even more so: far better than the XO-1, same clearances, but better handling by far on pavement and on dirt with 29-32 mm tires. 

Oh, well, more remark: 73" sta, 72.5 hta, forget bb drop but designed for sufficient clearance for 170s with 23 mm tires, tho' the frame has the usual "sit in it" low-rise confident feeling of Grant's designs.

Patrick "That's all folks!" Moore

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 11:48 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: