We make bikes for day riders and tourers, commuters and shoppers, trail riders and athletes, get-arounders and recreationalists, family riders and earth-savers. We don't make bikes for racers or weekend warriors, and we don't use carbon, because it's dangerous. We don't make uncomfortable, short-lived, road bikes or mechanically overkilled mountain bikes.
Our CrMo steel UNracing bikes are sleek, gorgeous, comfortable, efficient, safe, will last longer, and be safer every ride. We recognize that motorized bikes solve problems pedal bikes can't, but we seriously lack the brain-power to design or make them. So we stick to our true and only love-pedal bikes.
Our CrMo steel UNracing bikes are sleek, gorgeous, comfortable, efficient, safe, will last longer, and be safer every ride. We recognize that motorized bikes solve problems pedal bikes can't, but we seriously lack the brain-power to design or make them. So we stick to our true and only love-pedal bikes.
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Susie W. Longbolts/Wolbis Slugstone - Same concept as the Gus, but with lighter tubes for lighter riders. If you don't plan on dirt touring and you're under 200 pounds, consider this one. Made just for your body and riding style. The most expensive way to get a Rivendell, but mid-priced by modern, expensive-bike standards.
A. Homer Hilsen
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The A. Homer Hilsen was born in 2005 and filled the humongous gap between race-only road bikes and mountain bikes. It redirected our approach to bikes and riding and created our "country bike" category (now replaced by mainstream bike makers who bafflingly didn't see the need for roadish bikes with more tire clearance until their competitors started selling"gravel bikes").
Appaloosa
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I (Grant) used to say this was my favorite bike of all time, but right now it's tied with a few others--the new Atlantis being the most obvious. I don't think a better-riding bike is possible. I know I can't design one. We'll help you pick the perfect parts for your bike, and you'll get the only bike you'll ever want to ride.
Atlantis
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This has been our flagship frame since we introduced it in 1999. It's an all-'rounder, originally designed for almost anything you'll need or want to do on a bicycle: loaded touring, trails, commutes, and day rides. The current Atlantis defines our approach to bikes and our ride and fit and aesthetics as well as any bike can.
Clem Smith Jr
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Clem Smith Jr. is Rivendell's fat-tire, easy to fender & rack, joyously upright and stable, and more affordable than the rest of our lineup bicycle frame. Clems still have a strong wide fork crown, napkin-ring reinforcement lugs at the headtube, and a beautiful well-designed seatlug, so it looks far from a generic bike.
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