Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post
I was on the way to work and caught up with a guy around the lake at the light with a marvelous sea-green steel lugged bike. It was obviously well loved, Brooks saddle, those nifty wooden fenders and .... no decals.

I asked if it was a Riv. He smiled and said "it's my 'poor mans Riv'". He bought an old Raleigh frame and "remodeled it", repainted with great details like gold "piping" at the lugs.
Ooooh, that's sounds nice! He probably chose a sea green to echo the Riv's Atlantis bike:
http://www.rivbike.com/images/produc...2/50-038-6.jpg

I'd be doing the same thing picking up old steel bikes for myself, but I'm afraid they are men-proportioned and the long top tubes would be an issue for me.
My next bike will have to be custom built to my proportions for me to spend money on it.
But i love the CONCEPT of bringing old bikes back to life again. If I had long "guy arms" i'd be buying old bikes all over the place!