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Will's old Riv Custom
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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quickly realized how horrible their mechanical stuff is (sorry to SRAM fans out there) and switched it to a slightly outdated Ultegra group that's much better.
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