Rivendell models and year they were introduced?

[Liesl]

I'd love a thread that could end up with a list of models and the year they were introduced (and last year produced if no longer).  Don't feel like we've done that before.  (If so, just point me to the thread...)

Here's fodder...

Riv Road
Riv All Arounder (?)
Heron
Atlantis
Romulus
Quickbeam
Ramboulliet
Saluki
Wilbury/Glorious
Homer
bleriot
Sam
bombadil
Hunq
Rodeo
Simpleone
Betty/Yves
mystery bike
cheviot
clem/clementine
joe appaloosa

[Bill Lindsay]

Add Legolas

[iamkeith]

LongLow

Canti-rom

Redwood....

On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 4:38:24 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:

Add Legolas

[Liesl]

Okay here's some stabs at dates with models added. If you have one of these and we're an early "I trust 'em" adopter, fill in/correct a year?

Riv Road
Riv All Arounder (?)

LongLow
CantiRom
Redwood
Heron
Atlantis
Romulus
Quickbeam 2004
Ramboulliet
Saluki 2005
Wilbury/Glorious 2005
Homer 2006
bleriot 2007
Sam
bombadil
Legolas
Hunq
Rodeo
Simpleone
Betty/Yves
mystery bike 2013
cheviot 2014
clem/clementine 2015
joe appaloosa 2016

[Liesl]

Rodeo 2010 (as per RR 42)

Sam Hilborne, 2009 (as per RR 41)

Hunq, simpleOne, bomba, Betty/yves all listed in 2011 RR 43

[Steve Palincsar]

Well, I got my 1st batch orange Rambouillet in 2002.

[Eric Daume]

There was a Riv mountain bike at the same time as the original road and AR models.

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[islaysteve]

Bleriot: I would list it as 2006-2008. The Riv Reader announcement was in 2006, the announcement to cancel the model was in 2008' according to articles that I've saved. Thanks for this project, it's fun and should produce some interesting information.

[Zed Martinez]

Anyone interested in maybe making it like an online spreadsheet or something? I have the reader archive I'd be willing to flip through this weekend and help fill in some of the dates. I know the Riv road/mountain/all-rounder were in the line-up from the very beginning in '94, at least. They were listed in Reader 0 even.

[Doug Van Cleve]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote:

Okay here's some stabs at dates with models added. If you have one of these and we're an early "I trust 'em" adopter, fill in/correct a year?

Riv Road

​ Waterford

​  Riv Road Joe Starck/Curt Goodrich​

 

[Liesl]

I'm happy to make a spread sheet.  Projects like these are a fun distraction from my actual work.  When introduced and retired would be cool.  I think I can make an fun flow chart.

signed the queen of productive procrastination, RCW

[islaysteve]

It would also be nice to know the approx numbers produced, but that Info might be hard to come by!

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

I'll check but I got an early Bomba in either 2008 or early 2009

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[Allingham II, Thomas J]

It's available for QBs

> On Nov 13, 2015, at 11:07 AM, islaysteve <alki...@verizon.net> wrote:
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> It would also be nice to know the approx numbers produced, but that Info might be hard to come by!
>

[Jack]

Rivendell Reader18 announced that the first Atlantis frames were scheduled to be delivered in April 2000.

On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6:11:37 PM UTC-5, Liesl wrote:

[Beth H]

Riv all-rounder 1996 through 1999-2000 (succeeded by Atlantis around that time)

[Doug Van Cleve]

Howdy folks.

I aluded to this in my post yesterday, but the original Rivendells, the Road Standard,  were spec built by Waterford.  I don't think they were "custom" at all the first few years, same goes for the original All 'Rounder, mountainbike (might have only been Waterford)and possibly LongLow.  At some point you could customize, and production shifted to Joe Starck and then match.  The Heron and Heron Touring were before any of the Toyo built models and were again made by Waterford.  I am sure some other old timers or scribes who want to delve through the old Readers can flesh that out more, but I am pretty sure that chronology is correct.

Regards, Doug

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Beth H <beth.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

Riv all-rounder 1996 through 1999-2000 (succeeded by Atlantis around that time)

[Chad]

My second-hand Bombadil has a Waterford build date of Oct. 2008 and I believe it was one of the first batch. I think they started shipping in Nov. 2008.

[Jeremy Till]

We've done this a couple of times before, but not recently.  Here's a thread from 2011: 

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/marty$20models/rbw-owners-bunch/yv4cUItn4VE/dWYHgqzzIyQJ

This was prompted by some neat work done by lister Marty culling together a poster with one picture of every model/variation of Riv up to that point, then another with their headbages:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/6923100084/

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/poster/rbw-owners-bunch/cXnGhwAjbPk/69-9a_MNYmYJ

[Fullylugged]

My Waterford Road (Reynolds 753) is 1995. It has a level TT and standard HT. I think the Road Standard followed in 1996 with a sloped TT and extended HT.

[Zed Martinez]

Here's a bunch (though still incomplete) of dates and issues for bikes from the Reader archive. I think I missed the Yves somewhere, and somewhere there's the San Marcos stuff.I'll re-skim for those later if someone else can't remember.

1994 (Reader 0)

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Road (announced)

Mtb (announced)

All-Rounder (announced)

1995 (Reader 1-5)

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Road (specs RR2)

Mtb (specs RR2)

All-Rounder (specs RR2)

1996 (Reader 6-8)

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LongLow (announced RR8)

Cyclocross (announced RR8)

1997 (Reader 9-10)

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1998 (Reader 11-14)

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Heron Road (Announced RR11)

Heron Touring (Announced RR11)

Road Standard/LongLow made in California, Joe (RR11)

1999 (Reader 15-18)

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All-Rounder, Match (RR14,15)

Atlantis (announced, RR18)

2000 (Reader 19-21)

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Atlantis (arriving, RR19)

2001 (Reader 22-24)

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Rambouillet (announced, RR23)

... (2002 expected, RR24)

2002 (Reader 25-28)

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Romulus (announced, RR28)

Redwood (announced, RR28)

2003 (Reader 29-30)

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2004 (Reader 31-34)

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Quickbeam (announced, RR31)

Saluki (in development, RR32)

Glorius (in development, RR32)

Wilbury (in development, RR32)

Wilbury (RR34)

Glorius (RR34)

2005 (Reader 35-36)

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2006 (Reader 37-38)

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Bleriot (announced, RR37)

A. Homer Hilsen (announced, RR38)

2007 (Reader 39)

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Legolas (shown, never announced? RR39)

2008 (Reader 40)

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2009 (Reader 41-)

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Bombadil (announced, RR41)

Sam Hillborn (announced, RR41)

On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6:11:37 PM UTC-5, Liesl wrote:

[James Warren]

Very nice!

So 2004 was a "year that changed everything." That year brought:

- Full commitment to 650B by making frames for it

- The country bike (splitting difference between Atantis-tourer and "Road")

- Bikes made for centerpulls or extra-long clearance sidepulls (even though the Tektros and Silvers were still a couple years away)

- Commitment to good step-through frames

The company that was already synonymous with the term All-Rounder took that spirit a couple steps further in 2004. Closely related to that, Fun was on the grow too. Quickbeam!

-Jim W.

Southern CA

[Tim Gavin]

My Road Standard is a '97 Waterford build (753), and it has an extended HT.  I can't tell if it has a sloped TT (the picture isn't level), but it was only 2 degrees, right?

It has a great ride as a 650b conversion, but the BB is pretty low now.

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Fullylugged <bruce.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

My Waterford Road (Reynolds 753) is 1995. It has a level TT and standard HT. I think the Road Standard followed in 1996 with a sloped TT and extended HT.

[Zed Martinez]

OK, found a few more things I was missing from the really old archives. A lot of things after this list are somewhere in the Tumblr/Blug archive I know, I just read it this summer waiting on my Clem, but it's a PITA to search through trying to find specific things.

Buffalo prototype (RR33)

Saluki (shown, RR33)

Wilbury (RR34)

Glorius (RR34)

2005 (Reader 35-36)

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2006 (Reader 37-38)

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Bleriot (announced, RR37)

A. Homer Hilsen (announced, RR38)

2007 (Reader 39)

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Legolas (shown, never announced? RR39)

Bombadil (prototype, RR39)

2008 (Reader 40)

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Betty Foy (in development, Peeking Through The Knothole July 27, 2008)

Betty Foy (prototype, PTTK Nov 29, 2008)

2009 (Reader 41)

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Bombadil (announced, RR41)

Sam Hillborn (announced, RR41)

2010 (Reader 42)

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Roadeo (announced, RR42)

Betty Foy (existed, RR42)

SimpleOne announced (Peeking Through The Knothole, Nov 19 & Dec 29, 2010)

San Marcos (announced, Riv news archive Jan 11, 2010)

... (prototypes, PTTK Oct 2, 2010)

Hunqapillar (announced, Riv news archive Jan 11,2010)

2012

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Yves Gomez (existed, Harris Cyclery blog Dec 5, 2012)

On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6:11:37 PM UTC-5, Liesl wrote:

[Christopher Murray]

The Bleriot was initially conceived as a travel bike. I assume this explains the airplane theme and name. This is way back in about 2001-2002 I am guessing. It was one or two lines in the reader.

Chris

[Mojo]

I have a Waterford-built Allrounder that was built in late 1995 & delivered in Jan 1996. It was no where near the first Allrounder.

[Zed Martinez]

I don't recall that. I just read through all of them this summer, and I don't remember anything about it before the introduction in Reader 37 (2006), when Grant said earlier that year or late in 2005 he approached QBP about doing a Taiwan direct-to-dealers 650b bike based off the Saluki...

[Mojo]

I just went down in the man-cave and found my receipts. A first batch, green Quickbeam was delivered June2004. One of the late original Legolas (that had been for sale on the website for awhile) was delivered Aug2009.

[bruce.h...@gmail.com]

Here's a great post from 2015 with a model chronology. Someone who pays closer attention to the blog/blahg, etc than I do should update the list to add RBW developments of the past 4 years.

[Arthur Mayfield]

Frank Jones Sr 

2017 Special Edition One Production Run

Single Speed/Track Dropouts

[aeroperf]

I haven't seen the Hubbuhubbuh listed anywhere here.

[bruce.h...@gmail.com]

There are a number of models needing to be added. Rosco Bubbe, for example. Perhaps we can document which RR or blog entry 1st announced and when they were produced. Atlantis should really be split into the original Toyo/Waterford design and the current Taiwan (Maxway?) design.  They are really different bikes sharing a paint scheme.

On Saturday, December 21, 2019, 09:40:11 AM CST, aeroperf <dore...@comcast.net> wrote:

I haven't seen the Hubbuhubbuh listed anywhere here.

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