Rivendell

Rivendell - Clem

€3.499,00 EUR

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Color Vince Blue Sergio Green

Size 50 cm - 650b 55 cm - 700c

From Rivendell:

Clem Smith Jr. is Rivendell’s fat-tire, easy to fender & rack, joyously upright and stable, and more affordable than the rest of our lineup bicycle frame. Clems cost less than our fully lugged models only because they come as complete bikes straight from Taiwan and the two head tube joints are tig-welded instead of lugged. Tigging cuts the construction time for each frame down by a lot so the price gets lower. They'd cost even less if we ditched the head tube ring, seat lug, and fork crown, but we can't limbo that low :). Clems are gorgeous bikes, with plenty of beautiful details you won't find on any other tig-welded bikes at any price, including:

• a gorgeous investment-cast fork crown, our own design

• investment-case "napkin-ring" head tube reinforcement rings, with cream-painted RBW and ovals

• an investment cast seat lug with the smartest, strongest binder bolt ears on any seat lug. It uses standard hardware store bolt (M6 x 22) and a 10mm hex nut.

Pick the frame size that your PBH falls most in the middle of the range. Since there's no standover issues, you can go bigger if you want:

A lot of our customers and some staff have found that oversizing the Clems makes for a more luxurious ride. If you want to try that, use the following formula to figure out if you can achieve your saddle height on a bigger frame:

MINIMUM SADDLE HEIGHT per FRAME SIZE = Seattube length + 13cm.

Measured from center of crank to top of saddle. It's simple, it works like this: Measure your PBH (pubic bone height) and subtract 11cm. That's a good saddle height for you. Subtract 13cm, and that's your maximum Clem frame size. It assumes a saddle without springs, a fairly normal saddle. Example: If your PBH is 85cm, your saddle height is probably 74cm, and 74-minus-13 is 61, so you could easily ride a 61. But since we dont make that size. You can ride a 59cm. OR even, easily, a 52cm. In general it feels great to ride the biggest frame you can fit, but CLEMs have plenty of handlebar-height adjustability, so a 52cm will feel great, too.

Relevant specs

Colors are Vince Blue (see photos) and Sergio Green, which you can check out here (on an Appaloosa). Example picture of the color in the gallery.

Rear spacing - 135mm and QR wheels only.

Max tire size - 2.3 inches for all sizes. You maybe be able to squeeze in bigger than that, but we're sticking with 2.3. That allows for a little wobble in the wheel (although you'd have to bash it into something pretty hard for that to happen) without tire-rub on the frame.

Full June 2026 geometry chart, here.

Complete Bikes

FSA Duron Headset
Shimano 118mm Cartridge BB
Rivendell Silver 36/24t Crank w/ chainguard for 50cm and Silver ??/?? for 55cm
Shimano V-Brakes
Tektro RS360 Levers
Our Silver hubs laced to Alex DM24 rims - handbuilt by St. Jump. Super nice wheels.
Kenda Booster XC tires
Silver2 thumbie (right) / Microshift M90 thumbie (left)
Rivendell OM-1 derailleur
Microshift front derailleur
11-34 cassette
Nitto Tallux Stem - 90mm for the 50cm and 100mm for the 55cm
Rivendell Tosco handlebar
Nitto 65 Seatpost
Comfy, basic plastic saddle also included