NBD - Periwinkle Sam

[Ted Durant]

Greetings from sunny SE Wisconsin, and welcome to Wisconsin Sam. He was going to be Midwest Sam, to go with West Coast Sam and East Coast Sam, but East Coast Sam is moving to Minnesota next year. Maybe we'll have to go with Great Lakes Sam and Great Plains Sam.

Anyway, here are the specs:

Rivendell Sam Hillborne 2024 51cm Periwinkle (70cm saddle height)

Rich-built wheels, Velocity Quill 32h, Son Delux front hub, Silver rear hub, Delta skewers

Nitto Noodle 177 420mm handlebars

Nitto UI-2 stem 90mm

Soma Ensho saddle

Shimano CX-50 brakes with 105 cartridge shoes and Kool Stop salmon pads

White Industries square taper crank 165mm 44-32

Phil Wood bottom bracket 123mm (a bit wider than necessary, it turns out, but 113 isn't enough)

SRAM Force 22 brifters and derailers

YBN 11 speed chain

SRAM 11-32 cassette

Rene Herse Switchback Hill EL 584-48 tires (haven't measured actual yet)

Vittoria latex tubes

Swift Paloma handlebar bag on Nitto F-15 supporter

King cages

Supernova E3 Pro 2 headlight, taillight

Yokozuna compressionless brake cable housing

Silca pump is Waterford Blue Flame - from my ST22 - not sure what I'm going to do for this one

Ted Durant

Milwaukee WI USA

[Ted Durant]

> On Jul 26, 2024, at 10:59 AM, Ted Durant <tedd...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Greetings from sunny SE Wisconsin, and welcome to Wisconsin Sam. He was going to be Midwest Sam, to go with West Coast Sam and East Coast Sam, but East Coast Sam is moving to Minnesota next year. Maybe we'll have to go with Great Lakes Sam and Great Plains Sam.

Sorry … for the photo nerds -
Lens: Olympus 45mm/f1.8
Camera: Olympus OM-D EM1

td

[Kim H.]

@Ted,

Beautiful periwinkle blue bike ! I love it.

Kim Hetzel

with a RBW blue Clem.

[John Dewey]

Just beautiful, TD. 

For the life of me, don't know why RBW came to removing DT fittings for either levers or stops in exchange for just the cable stops. That's a deal breaker for me.

Jock 

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[Keith Paugh]

“Iridescent”
Looks great Ted 👌

(Thanks for the photo metadata too)
k.

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[Ray Varella]

Nice bike Ted. 

It sure speaks volumes to see three of the same bikes in separate locations. 

When the search is over you can just focus on riding. 

There’s a valuable lesson in there for us fiddlers. 

Ray

[maxcr]

Beautiful bike Ted and a great photo that catches some of that perwinkle sparkle!

Quick question, are you using cable interrupters? If so, which and why?

Thanks

Max

[George Schick]

If a person had only one choice of a bike to own for the rest of his/her riding days this one would be it.  Perfect.

[John Rinker]

Beautiful build, Ted! That periwinkle truly is a lovely color. Enjoy the ride!

Cheers, John

[Ted Durant]

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA

On Jul 26, 2024, at 3:25 PM, maxcr <max.fai...@gmail.com> wrote:

Quick question, are you using cable interrupters? If so, which and why?

Sharp eyes, Max. They are DaVinci. I had them on my BreadWinner to facilitate removal of handlebars for packing for travel. I’ll probably keep them on this one for the same purpose, and possibly add one to the brake cable.

On Jul 26, 2024, at 1:29 PM, Ray Varella <rayvar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice bike Ted. 

It sure speaks volumes to see three of the same bikes in separate locations. 

When the search is over you can just focus on riding. 

There’s a valuable lesson in there for us fiddlers. 

On Jul 26, 2024, at 3:35 PM, George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com> wrote:

If a person had only one choice of a bike to own for the rest of his/her riding days this one would be it.  Perfect.

What George said. I can “only have one bike” at each of my kids’ homes (though I have 2 in LA … if anyone wants a lightly use All City Space Horse 515mm ST C-C, 545 eff TT, contact me off list), and the Sam has really ticked the boxes for me for “only one bike”. 

Don’t be fooled, Ray, I am an inveterate fiddler. Most the parts of this bike came off a BreadWinner G-Road, which I had made as a go-anywhere-travel-bike. I bought my first Sam on a bit of a lark, for keeping at my LA daughter’s house. I liked it so much I bought a second to keep at my Maine daughter’s house (and to keep sibling peace … can’t have a Rivendell at one house and not the other, it turns out). I’d been thinking “maybe I should have one in WI, too”, and the Periwinkle clinched it. I like the Sam just a little bit more, mostly because of the fork and the paint, if I’m honest. They ride pretty similarly. Unfortunately, the Sam doesn’t quite have enough clearance for these tires and fenders, which the BreadWinner fit perfectly.  So, I might have to go with 42’s and fenders for wet riding. I have GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) as badly as anyone. I had to pare down the fleet when we moved to house with a tiny basement, though, so when one comes in, another has to go out. (If anyone wants a BreadWinner G-Road frameset 550mm ST C-T 566mm eff TT contact me off list!)

[christian riblet]

re: "Swift Paloma handlebar bag on Nitto F-15 supporter"

How well does this work? My only gripe about my Paloma bag is the bounciness of the standard Klickfix mounting.

[Ryan]

I have to admit that until Rivendell debuted the periwinkle, their blue shades, to me, were a bit meh. Heresy, I know. But I think they knocked it out of the park with this color. Very nice, Ted....and I love the shot next to the Rivendell Farms sign. 

[Ted Durant]

On Jul 30, 2024, at 1:34 PM, christian riblet <cmri...@gmail.com> wrote:

re: "Swift Paloma handlebar bag on Nitto F-15 supporter"

How well does this work? My only gripe about my Paloma bag is the bounciness of the standard Klickfix mounting.

I have the F-15 on several bikes, and in my experience they have been great. I haven’t had any trouble with them rotating as long as I’m careful with the torque on the bolts. The steel bolts thread into aluminum, so (as I know the hard way) you have to be careful to avoid mis-threading and to not overtighten. I have a Klickfix on one bike and I had to make the retaining wire very, very tight in order to curb the bouncing. I really prefer the F-15 over the Klickfix.

[Ted Durant]

On Jul 31, 2024, at 7:51 AM, Ryan <ryte...@mts.net> wrote:

and I love the shot next to the Rivendell Farms sign. 

You’re the first person to mention that. I sent the photo to Grant and others at RBW and they didn’t even notice it. Maybe it’s like the guy in the gorilla suit … the bike is just so enthralling you miss everything else in the shot.

[Tom Goodmann]

This is like a model shoot; a sensational Sam, Ted.

Tom