Rivendell Bleriot for sale 53cm touring bike

[Sky King]

Yes, I am parting with Sky, my beautiful Rivendell Bleriot. As shown in photo $1800. (not sure why the photos are wanky)
Professionally maintained
wheel size 650b
-Grand Bois Hetre tires with plenty of tread left
-New hand built wheels, Shimano LX hubs and Velocity Synergy rims
-Nitto Noodle handlebar 44cm
-Shimano 8 speed bar end shifters
-Sugino triple crankset 46/36/26
-8 speed cassette 11-32
-Nitto Deluxe quill stem
Measures: 52ish cm center of crank to top of top tube. 54.5cm top tube.
I took my Rivet Pearl Titanium saddle off but would include for my TE partners in crime.

[Wahine]

What a lovely bike. I would find it very hard to give something like that up. I hope it finds the right buyer.

[nuliajuk]

A Bleriot? Is it named after the first aviator to fly across the English Channnel, by chance?
(As an irrelevant aside, this same Bleriot had a brother who immigrated to western Canada and started a ferry service across the Red Deer river near Drumheller. It's still in use.)

[Sky King]

Yes I believe that is where the name comes from there is a plane painted on the downtube I will have to take a photo

[kabrandel]

Hello Sky King,
I was wondering about your Bleriot. I have a pbh (as measured by Riv) of 77. Would the Bleriot fit me? Thanks.

[Sky King]

Hello Sky King,
I was wondering about your Bleriot. I have a pbh (as measured by Riv) of 77. Would the Bleriot fit me? Thanks.

yes it should my pbh is 80 and have plenty of room. The top tube is 54.5 so if you are short torso or arms may need to change stem. Go to the riv site and look at what grant suggests in a 650b for your measurements. We are in death valley until Jan 2 so limited access to internet the Gilles berthoud s first big outing!

[Sky King]

Hey all, Jobob is going to be the proud new owner of the Bleriot! May even involve a road trip for her to come pick up the bike. Excited she is going to a good home.

[Veronica]

That's terrific news for all parties!

Veronica

[jobob]

Indeed. I plan to sell the Atlantis &/or the Romulus -- yes, I'm going to part with Pokey! -- because those two bikes combined just don't work for what I want right now.

I want a bike good for light touring and bopping about, that takes wider tires and is easy to put fenders on & off, and with the same wheel size as Lee's Saluki. Pokey's kind of large for me (I drank the same frame sizing koolaid as V did back when she got her Riv) and a real PITA to put fenders on & off -- and fenders simply won't work w wider tires. The Atlantis is more of a tank than I need and it has 26" wheels, it would just make sense to have a bike the same size wheels as Lee's bike (650b) when we head out on our upcoming adventures.

When I'm ready to sell them I'm probably going to advertise them on the RBW Owners Bunch list.

The Lynskey is staying put btw.