Rivendell Garage Sale Saturday

[Paul Choi]

I'm planning on going to garage sale on Saturday. Is anyone else here planning on going?

Hope to see some of the locals there. 

Cheers, 

Paul in Santa Clara

[Matthew Williams]

Yep! I’ll be there.

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[Eric Marth]

I love a good garage sale, hope y'all have fun!

[Greg J]

I'm planning to ride over on my A/R, if anyone wants to join me.

Greg / Oakland

[Peter Adler]

I'm going to use my usual get-to-WC method:

1) wake, dress, coffee+carbs+insulin

2) ride the four miles uphill from West Berkeley to Rockridge BART on my Trek 720 (I'm barely a mile from North Berkeley and Berkeley BART stations, but they're on a different line. I'd have to go to MacArthur to change trains, and backtracking ticks me off. Rockridge is the last stop on the Diablo Valley line before you cross the hills)

3) ride to Walnut Creek BART, about 2 blocks from RBWHQ

Figure about 1 hour travel time, assuming that BART isn't cancelling alternate trains the way they've done every other time I've gone to Walnut Creek this year.

Fortunately, they're starting at 10AM, instead of the 8 or 9AM that used to be the start time. I might actually get out the door at a reasonable hour and get there on time, to see if the NDS TA Criterium crankarm (which Joe Bunik said had gone AWOL somewhere about ten years ago, when I bought the DS arm) has finally resurfaced.

Peter "if I've only got panniers, that caps what I can buy and carry off" Adler

Berkeley, CA/USA

[Brendan Willard in SF]

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:20:23 PM UTC-7 Brendan Willard in SF wrote:

I'll be there.  I set the Sam to carry home mode.  If I mount a 137 and a 139, do I have a Wald 376?

[Brendan Willard in SF]

I'll be there.  I set the Sam to carry home mode.  If I mount a 137 and a 139, do I have a Wald 276?

[Eric Marth]

Brendan — Since one's a racer/half-basket I think that throws off your calculus. How exactly, I can't be sure. 

[lucky...@gmail.com]

Is anyone from Sacramento going?

I really wanted to go but ended up on call this weekend.

I want a Tosco bar and planned to go get one but maybe there’s a sale one at the garage sale.

If anyone from Sacramento was going and could look for a Tosco for me, I can pay immediately on demand. Please reply offlist.

Liz in Sacramento 

On Mar 24, 2023, at 05:00, Eric Marth <eric...@gmail.com> wrote:

Brendan — Since one's a racer/half-basket I think that throws off your calculus. How exactly, I can't be sure. 

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[Doug Van Cleve]

So are the Silver cranks that are allegedly going to be available blems or something, or in any case cheaper than usual?  I'd love to get a set on my JA, but I won't be there and I'm still not sure about the old standard 170 triple or the 52/28 double...

Doug

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[Joe Bernard]

Oops, answered the wrong thread. Deleted on the web but you email folks will still have it. 

[Matthew Williams]

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[Keith Paugh]

Did you achieve #7?

(Beautiful Atlantis 👌)

k.

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[Doug Van Cleve]

Is that custom paint, or was there an orange Atlantis at some point?

Doug

[Eric Marth]

Thanks for the pics, Matthew. 

I want to see more of what was for sale! Piles, treasures, oddities, wool! 

[lucky...@gmail.com]

Still bummed to have missed this.

I bet my Tosco bar was sad to miss me!

Nice Hardrock I see!

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[iamkeith]

I'm always bummed to miss these, but those buds on the trees and bike rack full of shopper's bikes are especially painful this year.  All that rain that CA has been getting translates to snow here.  It'll be months before I could enjoy something like that.

[iamkeith]

Id like to know the story on the orange Rambouillet that is all stripped.  I love to remember that lugged frames can almost always be be repaired.  

[Matthew Williams]

Lucky, I looked for a Tosco for you but I didn't see one, sorry!

Some more Scenes From a Swap Meet:

[lucky...@gmail.com]

Hey thank you Matthew!

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Lucky, I looked for a Tosco for you but I didn't see one, sorry!

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[Matthew Williams]

Its owner said the frame was bare metal when it was purchased, and RBW offered to paint it. 

I love all the custom touches people have added to their bikes. 

What’s the collective noun for a group of bicycles? A flock of geese, a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a _____ of Rivendells?

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[Ryan]

an exaltation of Rivendells or maybe since it's a garage sale a haggle of  Rivendells...or wait...no haggling

or a bike of Rivendells (also a bike of hornets)

Love those collective nouns for creatures

https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html 

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

A fellowship. A fellowship of Rivendells.

(Tolkien fans: you know.)

[Philip Williamson]

A shire of Rivs. That’s my understanding anyway.

I had a great time bringing three other North Bay folk down to the shindig. So fun! Nice to introduce some of my Santa Rosa friends to my Walnut Creek friends. 

My tactic in any mass start event like this is to go straight to the far end and work back. I’m elbow deep in a stems and weird parts box for ten minutes with someone else. We flip stuff over, sift down, claim stuff… finally stand up, look st who’s been in the bins with me… “Hey Reed! I’m so glad to see you! I had no idea that was you!”

I’ll post pics to Instagram, and link back here later.

Philip

Sonoma County, Calif

[Garth]

 That'd be a bunch of bicycles... at a garage sale where there's a bunch of stuff for sale.....by a bunch of people .... from a bunch of various places !

[Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA]

What's the deal with the blue custom with the orange fork? Anyone pick that up? Looks to be about my size...

Marty - who is going to a local bike show today here in Baltimore, so I'm not too sad I missed the garage sale.

[Paul M]

How about that green frame that looks like a Bombadil. It has a more modern Platypus look, especially the way the mid rear stays attach to the seat tube. Could it be the prototype for the new lugged Susie? Lets hope.

[Joe Bernard]

"A fellowship. A fellowship of Rivendells.

(Tolkien fans: you know.)"

PERFECT. 

Paul M: I believe that Platypus-looking frame is indeed a Platy sans decals and with a replacement fork. 

Joe Bernard 

[Paul M]

If you go back to Matthew Williams 3rd post in this thread there are other pictures that show this frame with another top tube besides the diagonal sloping Platypus style top tube. It was cut off in Marty's picture. FWIW

[Philip Williamson]

Here are some Instagram shots of the Riv garage sale and customer bikes. 

 https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQmu60pBlu/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Philip

Sonoma County, Calif

[esoterica etc]

+1 on fellowship! I think Joe is right; that term IS perfect! Thanks Leah, you always seem to have just the right thing to say. Cheers,

~Mark

Raleigh, NC

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[Joe Bernard]

Paul M: 

Oh I see it now. I believe that's one of the Appaloosa protos they did, then the bike turned out way different. I'd heard somewhere recently that they'd found a few in the rafters. I want one!

[Evan E.]

Keith H. asked about the orange Rambouillet that is missing paint. Will of Rivendell told me that the chainstay bridge and the seatstay bridges were moved farther from the rear dropout to enable larger tires to fit. “I think this frame will take 45s now,” he said. He didn’t say why the top tube and downtube and head tube are now bare steel, and I didn’t think to ask. We both just stood there and admired the frame. 

[Eric Marth]

Huge thanks to Philip for sharing all the images over on Insta, I got the virtual tour I was dying for!

[iamkeith]

Thanks for that detail, Evan.  That'll be quite the bike.  I don't think there's ever been a model that combines that light of tubing with that big of a tire.  I wonder if someone picked that up.

[Ryan]

Yeah...thanks for that, Philip. I think that midnight blue bike was an early Waterford-built all-rounder, not a legolas as someone on Insta said. Anyway looks like it was a fun event

[Greg J]

The muddy Riv with the knobby tires and Carradice is my Waterford Riv - I've been swapping bars on it (which is why it remains untaped) and was toying with getting an upright bar (Losco, Albatross), but I picked up a flared shallow drop bar at the garage sale so that will be the next iteration.

Greg

[Joseph Tousignant]

I don't know, but "A Pride of Rivendells", has a nice ring to it. Often used with a group or family of big cats like Lions,... but this group for sure takes pride in their Rivendells!

[zoomie z]

Will be there with Betty Foy 61cm for sale. 

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On Mar 23, 2023, at 8:20 PM, Brendan Willard in SF <bpw...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'll be there.  I set the Sam to carry home mode.  If I mount a 137 and a 139, do I have a Wald 376?

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6:18:54 PM UTC-7 divis...@gmail.com wrote:

I'm going to use my usual get-to-WC method:

1) wake, dress, coffee+carbs+insulin

2) ride the four miles uphill from West Berkeley to Rockridge BART on my Trek 720 (I'm barely a mile from North Berkeley and Berkeley BART stations, but they're on a different line. I'd have to go to MacArthur to change trains, and backtracking ticks me off. Rockridge is the last stop on the Diablo Valley line before you cross the hills)

3) ride to Walnut Creek BART, about 2 blocks from RBWHQ

Figure about 1 hour travel time, assuming that BART isn't cancelling alternate trains the way they've done every other time I've gone to Walnut Creek this year.

Fortunately, they're starting at 10AM, instead of the 8 or 9AM that used to be the start time. I might actually get out the door at a reasonable hour and get there on time, to see if the NDS TA Criterium crankarm (which Joe Bunik said had gone AWOL somewhere about ten years ago, when I bought the DS arm) has finally resurfaced.

Peter "if I've only got panniers, that caps what I can buy and carry off" Adler

Berkeley, CA/USA

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 2:45:45 PM UTC-7 Greg J wrote:

I'm planning to ride over on my A/R, if anyone wants to join me.

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[D D]

Looks like a great scene. Those of use not able to attend will undoubtedly benefit from the trickle down of solid parts that become available.  

Dustin

On Mar 25, 2023, at 4:16 PM, iamkeith <keith...@gmail.com> wrote:

Id like to know the story on the orange Rambouillet that is all stripped.  I love to remember that lugged frames can almost always be be repaired.  

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[Philip Williamson]

Thanks, Greg!

Are those 26" tires? Your bike is a real head-turner. I love it. 

Philip 

Sonoma County, Calif