FS: Rivendell Road Custom Joe Bell paintjob with fender mounts,rare

Rivendell Road Custom,painted by Joe Bell,lugs designed by Richard Sachs.
Size stamped on bb 59,59c-c seattube,58c-c toptube,17cm headtube
Rare custom version with Rivendell logo on the downtube rather than model name logo.
US made frame.
Chris King 1 inch threadset
Clearance for guards and 25-28c tyres depending on the guard and caliper choice(I've runned 28c Fairweather traveler tyres on tb14 rims with honjo H30 guards using Athena 39-49 dual pivot calipers)
Rear brake bridge with fender braze on for direct mudguard mounting.
100mm/130mm
It can be used with long reach brakes 49-57 drop(with pads set at the highest point)as well if you desire more mudguard width.
Can be also used with uber long reach brakes with 650b wheels for extra Bicycle Quartely points.
I'm unsure about tubing but most early customs were build using Reynolds 753,never contacted Mr Grant but from informations available online it looks like a post Waterford build most probably built by Match cycles(Joe Stark and Curt Goodrich)
Paintjob by Joe Bell in great condition,headbadge on point as well.
Rides very nice and it can handle big rubber without the fenders.

Frameset price £900

It can be also built as pictured for £1800

Frameset available to view in Shoreditch.

I'm happy to supply more detailed geometry info or links if needed.

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Complete bike spec.
Campagnolo Athena 11 speed group 50-34 12-27 Chorus casette and chain.
Chris King R45 silver 32spokes 3x H plus Son tb14 rims
Nitto Sp72 seatpost
Nitto Pearl(NP)stem 110mm
Nitto Nas M106 bars 42 cm
Flite Ti saddle

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That is fabulous.

It is stunning. It's my size. But too many bikes already. Good luck with sales.

Slightly too big for me, but what a bike

Thanks to everyone for kind words.

quite amazing

Price drop £875/£1775

Price drop:£850/£1700

Price drop:£825/£1650

Lovely but big for me but would be interested
In the wheels if split

I will keep that in mind if decide to split.Thanks

Sent you a message. Cheers!

Readvertising this here (frameset with Chris King headset) for £825 collected from Redhill.

Thanks.

What a lovely bike!

Tempting.........

Sexy.

very nice. Current Riv custom frames are starting at £3,600 so this is a damn good deal.

It's one of the few things I see in cycling that I think could reasonably be called a 'collector's item'.

You can read some of the history of this frame here https://www.renehersecycles.com/1995-rivendell-turning-the-tide/
and some design notes in the attached PDF (scroll to the Road frame section - page 2).

Only selling because my house suffered quite badly in the storm last week and the insurance won't cover everything.

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• Rivendell Bicycle Works Road Custom deisgn notes.pdf

I really shouldn't... but is there any chance of posting (UK) and did you happen to get a geo chart from the original seller?

Beautiful bike. GLWS.

@Maj

Rivendell don't like publishing geo for anything, even now.
From original seller: Size stamped on bb 59,59c-c seattube,58c-c toptube,17cm headtube
Posting possible but would prefer collection in Redhill (30 mins train from London Bridge).

Lovely frameset & a bargain too
Wish it was a touch smaller
GLWS

gorgeous, wish I had space for it!