Rivendell Mixtes
Rene Sterental
CycloFiend
I know about the Yves Gomez and the Betty Foy, but I just discovered on Flickr the Willbur and the Glorius. What's their story?
I think the cost of producing the Glorius was prohibitive, which is why they phased it into the Foy. I recall several Reader and catalog comments about the insanely tricky amount of work that went into painting the intricate lugs on the Glorius/Wilbury. I think they were produced ~2005 - 2007.
A few in the gallery:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2006/cc095-cvanorsdol0406.html
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc294-davidestes0407.html
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2005/cc035-timrangitsch1005.html
http://cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc390-sarah1007.html
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cyclotourist
They're wonderful bikes if you ever come across one! I ride my wife's occasionally and it's a great bike. If I find the larger sized one (60cm I think) at the right price, I'd be VERY tempted to get it.
Cheers,
David
Redlands, CA
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy
JoelMatthews
fork on eBay. Drew a lot of interest and wound up selling for a
premium.
They are lovely frames.
On May 28, 9:25 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:57 PM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>wrote:
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> > <http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2006/cc095-cvanorsdol0406.html>
Allingham II, Thomas J
They are lovely frames.
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<Thomas.A...@skadden.com> wrote:
> There's a 60cm seat tube Wilbury frameset in green at Mt. Airy Bicycles in Maryland. Here's the website: http://www.bike123.com/ I think they're looking for something close to 2 large, though.
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I looked at that one up-close. It's got some scratches on it that
suggest, to me, it has been built up.
-sv
David Sprunger
You asked for the mixte story, so here’s one although maybe not the
one you had in mind. When my wife and I were engaged in the mid-80s,
she volunteered that instead of an engagement ring, she would prefer a
new bicycle. Being frugal self-sufficient graduate/medical students,
we ended up with a lower-end neon Specialized mountain bike that she
rode for some years before putting it aside for a used XO-2.
After two decades of marriage, our circumstances had changed, so for
our 20th anniversary, I bought an unbuilt Glorius frame on ebay and
built up the kind of bike I wish we could have afforded in 1987
(although such a bike was probably not available then). The
Specialized is still in the basement for nostalgia’s sake.
Some pictures are here:
http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/bikes/glorius/
The story doesn’t really have a moral except that the Glorius is a
great bike and I married wisely.
David Sprunger
Fargo, ND
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Rene Valbuena
Your Glorious Mixte story made my day.
"The story doesn’t really have a moral except that the Glorius is a
great bike and I married wisely." -- what a line!
Thanks,
(Another) René
Rene Sterental
The story of the day and a very beautiful bike. I was at RBW on Friday
and test rode the Yves 58 and the 60. Also saw the Betty up close,
although it was the 52.
My story is I want to get a Mixte for my daughter to come and ride
with me, but I also want to be able to ride it with its upright
position, Albatross bars, etc.
With Albatross bars the 60 fit me best, but it would be too long if I
ever wanted a different handlebar. The 60 would likely be too big for
my daughter. She's 5'7" woth a PBH of 83.5.
The 58 will fit us both, and that's the one I'm going with. Between
the Betty and the Foy, I'll probably go with a Betty to avoid the
added delay of the Yves/custom paint. She'll be going back to school
by then.
The Betty in person looked much better than on the photos.
It will be interesting to see if one of the earlier ones popped up for
sale in the meantime.
Looking forward to a summer filled with S24Os with my children (well,
maybe two or three...)
Perhaps my youngest daughter will want to come as well... Perhaps even my wife!
All of those will be more driving/ biking/camping trips than hard-core
S24Os, but hey, anything is better than nothing!!! :-)
Need to change the family lifestyle!
René (the OT) ;-)
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CathyRN
I have had MANY bikes and I currently have 4: a custom Bike Friday
Pocket Crusoe with drop bars, a Specialized Dolce WSD road bike, a
Breezer Greenway, and the Glorius. It IS Glorius, and I ride it ALL
THE TIME. My husband has a 58 cm Yves Gomez. I test rode a 52 cm Betty
Foy at RBW about a year ago when we visited the bay area and thought
that was a terrifc bike, too.