SimpleOne upgrade

Jason Zakaras

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Jul 19, 2022, 11:40:38 PM7/19/22

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Hey All! I haven't posted much for content here so I thought I'd share some before and after shots of my SimpleOne. I am the third owner and it had a hard life to say the least. I love. that it was well used as all Rivendell bikes deserve, but I desired to give it a classy upgrade and start my own love marks on the gravel roads here in Nebraska and tours around the midwest. I'm really pleased with how she turned out and I am already enjoying the new scuffs and bumps in the new adventures.

Before:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/196122347@N08/52212931663/in/album-72177720300508394/

After:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/196122347@N08/52213400520/in/album-72177720300508394/

Cheers,

Jason, also a pretty simple one....

Patch T

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Jul 20, 2022, 9:53:23 AM7/20/22

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BOY HOWDY

Will M

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Jul 20, 2022, 10:24:28 AM7/20/22

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Well done. I particularly enjoy the images of the young boy wrenching the bike. I have a son about the same age who helped me wrench the SimpleOne's older brother, the Quickbeam. --Will

iamkeith

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Jul 20, 2022, 11:21:20 AM7/20/22

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Very nice. I'm slowly restoring my well-used quick beam, trying to decide on the right shade of brown/red paint too. Looks great.

amill...@gmail.com

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Jul 20, 2022, 11:26:50 AM7/20/22

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Love it, Z. How’d you pick the colors? What colors are they?

Looks better than new. 👌🏻

Best,

Aaron in El Paso

On Jul 20, 2022, at 09:21, iamkeith <keith...@gmail.com> wrote:

Very nice. I'm slowly restoring my well-used quick beam, trying to decide on the right shade of brown/red paint too. Looks great.

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Ryan

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Jul 20, 2022, 1:43:59 PM7/20/22

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Yeah...love the new color; what is it? Eggplant comes to mind. That is a very classy upgrade indeed And your son looks like a pro wrenching away on the bottom bracket. Nice👍

Jason Zakaras

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Jul 20, 2022, 3:10:26 PM7/20/22

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Thanks everyone! I have identical twin boys so there is actually two helpers wrenching a way, just never captured the "teamwork". I love that they enjoy riding as much as they enjoy wrenching, its so fun sharing the love with them! (Ford & Duke)

The color is unknown to me, I asked Rick Stephanit (D&D) to do a classic Burgundy color with cream accents, he ran with it and I think, nailed it.

Thanks for all the kind words, I've really enjoyed gleaning an education on all things Riv here on the forum.