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Frames – Rivendell Bicycle Works

We use only CrMo steel tubing for the frame and fork. because it's safe, strong, and doesn't degrade over time. All models have lugs, because lugs reinforce the joints and, in the case of our lugs—our own designs—make beautiful joints that will always identify a Rivendell as a Rivendell, because nobody else has our lug

Frames

Bottom Brackets – Rivendell Bicycle Works

A bottom bracket is usually shortened in talk to BB. It's the bearing and spindle embly that connects the left and right crank arms and allows smooth and easy turning. The crank and BB don't have to be the same brand, but they have to be compatible, to result in an offset (technically, chain line) that in turn i

Bottom Brackets

Brakes – Rivendell Bicycle Works

Don't go to the Hof Brau if you're a vegan, and don't shop for disc brakes here. We don't hate them, but we do prefer rim brakes— for 99 percent of the riding we do and expect you'll do. Rim brakes (cantilevers, sidepulls, centerpulls, V-brakes) are powerful because they slow the bike down with a longer lever than does

Brakes

C ettes & Freewheels – Rivendell Bicycle Works

C ettes are the rear gears on modern bikes (post-1988). We carry both 8-speed and 9-speed Shimano c ettes with long-wearing steel cogs, but for complete bike builds, can get 10 and 11 speeders, too. To install and remove, you need skills and tools. When we emble your bike, we do that for you.

C ettes & Freewheels

Chains – Rivendell Bicycle Works

People fresh from the tech industry or their home basement lab but new to bicycles are always trying to find a better alternative to the chain. For derailer-equipped bikes without removable seat stays—normal bikes, in other words—the humble oiled chain, around since 1885 and perfected by Sedis in the '70s, still rules

Chains