Re: [CR]Extended Headtube / Riv Lugs

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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:43:08 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Extended Headtube / Riv Lugs
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20060320094020.04b3ec48@pop.earthlink.net>


--- Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com> wrote: <snip>
> At 3/18/2006 10:19 PM -0800, Joe Starck wrote:
>
>http://rivendellbicycles.com/html/membership_rivendell39.html


> There is so much beauty on that bike, the curves I
> find awkward (The
> "6" and "9" on the sides of the head tube)

Mark, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldenRectangle.html Dig them "logarithmic sprials": you know, the "six" and "nine" shapes you see in the Riv lugs. Looks close to "golden," that'd make a Riv equipped with more divine, mathematical mojo than the rest. Hah! Joe Starck Madison, WI USA

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