Somewhat different for me. A couple of years ago, after hitting my first weight loss goal, decided to "treat" myself to a steel bike. Had a particular local shop in mind, and ended up with a Bianchi Volpe. After the purchase, decided to do a more in-depth on-line search about the bike. That latter search had the word Rivendell show up quite a bit. Being a Tolkien fan, decided to check out the website and bikes.
Long, boring story short - found out that Jim had recently opened a shop that sold Rivendell. Ended up visiting and was ruined forever. So can I thank/blame Jim Thill for all this?<big grin> Eric Platt St. Paul, MN (Remember - The Hobbit was a Tolkien effort) On Jan 31, 1:44�am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul: I first learned of Rivendell on the same website. > > On Jan 30, 9:47�pm, Paul Cooley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Bill M. wrote: > > > > LOTR fan that I am, I would propose "A Moot of Quickbeams". > > > I'm curious how many Rivendell owners first noticed the company � > > because they were LOTR fans. �I first heard of them on a site talking � > > about commuter/touring bikes. �Actually, I just Googled it, and the � > > site is still up:http://www.faughnan.com/touringbike.html > > > The name "Rivendell" caught my eye right away because I'm such a � > > Tolkien fan. �"Richard Sachs" or "Bruce Gordon" just didn't have the � > > same draw for me. �And when I looked into what Grant was trying to do, � > > I was sold. > > > Actually, the whole thing started because I went to my LBS to buy my � > > first new bike since I was a little boy, (this was in 1998 I believe), � > > and what I had in my mind was something like Eugene Sloane's Singer � > > from "A Complete Book of Bicycling." �At that time, at the LBS, it was � > > all either mountain bikes or racing bikes. �I was so disappointed when � > > I looked around. �There was nothing like a Singer in there. � > > Nevertheless, I let the owner of the shop talk me into buying a hybrid � > > as being the best bike available to tour and commute on. (I don't know � > > why I didn't research it further on the internet. �I guess I just � > > didn't think of the web as a bicycle resource at that point). �I � > > absolutely hated the bike from the first day. �I knew very well it � > > wasn't anywhere close to what I wanted. �What ensued would fill too � > > much space, but suffice it to say that the LBS wouldn't take the bike � > > back the next day, even for partial credit, wouldn't take it on � > > consignment, the bike had numerous problems, and the owner of the shop � > > blamed me for the problems and wouldn't fix things even though the � > > bike was on warranty. �(The main problem being a rear spoke would � > > break every couple of weeks for no apparent reason. �The owner accused � > > me of "thrashing around on it" initially, and then claimed that it was � > > because I was hauling a Burley trailer). > > > Needless to say, I no longer shop there. �I was so angry, eventually, � > > that I spent far more than I had in my budget for my Rivendell. �But I � > > did get what I wanted, (though I get angry at the toe clip overlap � > > from time to time). > > > Paul B. Cooleyhttp://carfreefamily.blogspot.com > > Santa Fe, NM- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
