FS: Rivendell Protovelo Bleriot S&S 57cm

[Ted Durant]

For sale is my "Travelo" - a Rivendell Protovelo Bleriot that has S&S couplers installed by Bilenky and a recent repaint (with Bleriot decals and head badge) by Waterford. The paint is a stunning Metallic Copper with cream head tube and fork, which I like to call "root beer with a creamy head". I'm getting a travel bike that allows even fatter tires than these, so sadly this one has to go. Will sell complete or will sell as frame/fork/hs along with whatever other components you want to purchase. There are a few scuffs/scratches on the frame from travel. Saddle and pedals are NOT included.

Asking $1450 for the whole bike (no saddle or pedals), $975 for the frame/fork/hs (and travel cases), plus shipping. It will ship in its S&S hard case, probably by Bike Flights, with all the tubes padded. Also included with either the frame or whole bike is an S&S soft case, which I will ship separately.

Photos attached to this group posting. If you have trouble getting them, ask and I'll send them to you.

The current build includes:

Stronglight headset

Velo Orange wheels

Compass Babyshoe Pass EL tires

Rivendell Silver dual-pivot long-reach brakes

Aero Gran Compe brake levers

Ritchey WCS cranks (170mm) with Willow 49/34 chainrings

Shimano Octalink BB

Shimano Deore XT rear and 105 front derailleurs

Shimano 9-speed bar end shifters

Shimano 9-speed cassette 12-32 (Harris Cycles custom touring mix)

Nitto Model 177 handlebars (44cm)

Nitto/Ritchey 90deg (9cm) stem (OEM from '92 XO-1!)

Nitto S65 seat post

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA

[Brendan Willard]

Pm sent

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On Jul 1, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Ted Durant <tedd...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[Ted Durant]

And it's sold, just that quick. You folks are awesome!

[Colin Cummings]

This bike is something! The new owner is a lucky one.

[RJR Rempel]

Just to put a bookend on this thread, I'm the lucky owner of this beautiful bike. Ted delivered on everything, as expected. Quick shipment and the condition was described well. This will be my (for now) commuter/grocery-getter and (future, hopefully) light tourer. Mounted up a tubus nova rack to the front for my gaudy camo panniers. I will confess, I'm pleasantly surprised at the ride quality--it's a great bike that just happens to pack down nicely for travel. If work travel ever returns to normal, I'll be spending an extra day in some select locations and taking this along with me. Ted, thanks for the great process. Cheers!

Robb

On Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 5:40:04 PM UTC-5, Ted Durant wrote:

[Brendan Willard]

I’m truly sad to have missed out on this bike as it would have replaced my Travelers Check AND Bleriot.  Congrats and enjoy!

Brendan

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On Jul 17, 2020, at 9:19 AM, RJR Rempel <randk...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[☆ Paul ☆]

Ted, maybe I missed it in your post, but where did you get the S&S couplers added?

I'd love to do that to a bicycle of mine, just don't know where is good to go!

Thank you!  Paul

[Ted Durant]

On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 4:30:05 PM UTC-5 ☆ Paul ☆ wrote:

Ted, maybe I missed it in your post, but where did you get the S&S couplers added?

Bilenky Cycle Works, Philadelphia

 

[Paul Budnitz]

Thanks Ted!

☆ Paul

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