Richard Sachs on the original Riv lugs

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Jeremy Till

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Apr 25, 2016, 11:33:06 AM4/25/16
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Richard Sachs posted a short little description today of how the original Rivendell lugs came into being.  Turns out Grant commissioned them while he was still at Bridgestone, but Bridgestone USA closed before they were used:  

http://www.richardsachs.com/site/2016/04/25/the-linger-commission/

Also a cool photo of the prototype HT/DT lug. Supposedly the protos were hand carved from french blanks (thus would need metric tubing) and have extremely wonky angles, so according to RS they can't really be used to make a bike.  All the same, I wonder what such a bike would look like!

Tim Gavin

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Apr 25, 2016, 11:36:50 AM4/25/16
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Cool post.

I'm happy that I have a Rivendell Road Standard, made at Wateford using these lugs.





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Patrick Moore

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Apr 25, 2016, 3:03:30 PM4/25/16
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.... and a much inferior photo of the head tube lugs on my '99 Joe Starck custom:

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Esteban

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Apr 25, 2016, 4:10:44 PM4/25/16
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My '99 coupled Road Custom:

Esteban

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Apr 25, 2016, 4:11:50 PM4/25/16
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Sorry - I should have said this is by Joe Stark

James Warren

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Apr 25, 2016, 4:45:08 PM4/25/16
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Probably one of the last frames made with the original Riv lugs!


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Eric Norris

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Apr 25, 2016, 4:50:22 PM4/25/16
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My ’97 Starck-built Riv Road.

Jim Bronson

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Apr 25, 2016, 5:44:43 PM4/25/16
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I need to get my bike repainted, that's all there is to it.  You guys' bikes are so pretty!
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Patrick Moore

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Apr 25, 2016, 6:11:03 PM4/25/16
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Very pretty green with cream.

WETH

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Apr 25, 2016, 6:22:07 PM4/25/16
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This is very interesting. Which frames were built (are still) with these lugs? ( I have a Riv Road Stnd that appears to have these.)

Ryan Fleming

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Apr 25, 2016, 7:15:37 PM4/25/16
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I think the road standards...all-rounders and expeditions are plainer., still nice but not RS.....were long-lows even around then?

Jan Heine

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Apr 25, 2016, 10:30:59 PM4/25/16
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To me, still one of the prettiest lug design ever. It's fancy and playful, yet tasteful.

As to timeline, all the early Rivendells used them. Mine was built in early 1999, and was one of the first to use different lugs, with a mix of windows and curls.
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