Will's old Riv Custom

Will's old Riv Custom

This bike doesn't have the supreme drop bar comfort and versatility my Roadini and Homer has, but it definitely scratches that skinny tire road-y bike itch I've had for the past year or so. I was riding an '80s Rossin but this is way, way better and fits a 32 instead of just a 28. It's a Joe Starck built custom from around 2003 with a Rambouillet fork. I don't know the story behind it; it wasn't crashed, but I have no idea where the original fork ended up. The Ram fork is a little longer than the missing original, but I don't mind having a slightly slacker headtube angle and a little more bar height. I originally built it up with a mix of SRAM stuff and quickly realized how horrible their mechanical stuff is (sorry to SRAM fans out there) and switched it to a slightly outdated Ultegra group that's much better.

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