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not my best photo set — but I forgot to take these glam shots, and the customer was right there picking up the bike mid day, so I had to make due with the dapples

“Dick Hardman” was the previous owner. when I asked the customer where he got it, he replied “a 75 year old very normal looking guy”. Hope ol’ Richard is still a Hardman

its a nice Rivendell Custom from ’96. Customer was inspired by an orange Roadini build I did from my neighbor a few winters ago, so I leaned into the warm tones contrasting on the silver and grey. nice lugs on these!

spec’d some high flange hubs and some vintage campy skewers on velocity quill rims. 700×33 cava race tires.

campy ergo 10 to Shimano 8. that’s a brand new made in 2025 TA pro vis crank. 46×30 with 11-32 in the rear.

Shimano BRR600 mid reach calipers

nose is way high! a very snobby bike — should have fixed that for the photo — hadn’t sized the customer on it yet. well okay! hope you enjoyed.

XX RR