TK's Custom

[Joe Bernard]

Check this out from the latest Riv email, it looks like mine! I also got my paint inspiration from Mark Abele's custom, this one is a little darker than mine and closer to Mark's. Sooooo pretty. 

https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news/tks-custom?mc_cid=1ae4dd7598&mc_eid=6ddd470367

[Berkeleyan]

54 cm Noodles? Good grief... them er sum wide bars! I thought my 48's were a skosh wide, but wow... I'll bet they squeak a bit, with so much leverage.

- Andrew, Berkeley

[Ryan]

You took the words right outta my mouth, Joe...it is a stunner! Can't wait to see how it's built up. Great color scheme!

[Bill Lindsay]

Does anybody have a theory on how one would use that adorable pump peg?  The opposing frame angle is obtuse.  In order for a normal pump peg to work, the opposing frame angle needs to be acute so you have something to springload the pump into.  Step throughs  with a pump peg typically have another pump peg at that other end for that reason.  I can't see how TK is actually going to fit a pump except with a velcro strap.  I must be missing the intended use case, because Nobilette, Grant, and/or Joe Bell would have said "wait a sec.  Is that what you really want?"  Maybe TK has a particular use case in mind.  On the surface, that looks like a half-done frame feature.  

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 4:50:37 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote:

[Jingy]

I bet an old Silca with a Campy head would work with that pump peg.

The blue color reminds me of my 96 All-Rounder Blue-Grey, but just a bit lighter

Jim in Mpls

[Bill Lindsay]

The Campy head in your photo wedges into an acute angle.  Gravity, pulling the pump down, would wedge the pump in TIGHTER, which keeps it in place.  Try to remove the pump by just pressing it down at the Campy head end.  You probably can't do it.  It's self-securing.  

That same Campy head, pressed into an obtuse angle may hold steady with the bike parked.  Bounce over a bump, as the pump slips down, it becomes LOOSER, and eventually falls out.  You'd need a strap to keep it secure

BL in EC

[Joe Bernard]

Agreed Bill, I don't see on my frame how the pump would mount if it had that ball bearing-looking thingy on it. But it's cool! 

[Ryan]

Yeah...I see what you guys mean...it's at best a right-angle junction , but pointier pump-pegs make a lot more sense. Maybe cool  but functionally...not so much IMO

[Joe Bernard]

I'd love to know when this project started. Until further notice I shall believe TK saw my bike and wanted one, too!*

*I can't even take credit for it, mine was based on another somwhat-dropped-toptube custom I saw on Riv's site. 

[Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA]

The Taylor Rough Stuff of yore is similar. A Riv custom like this in yellow would make for a stunning tribute. Has me thinking...

Marty