i talked to jack kimmes who helped start Kulshan Cycles in Bellingham, Wa. a few years ago about carrying Riv bikes and rivvish parts and accessories. Kulshan carried Bridgestone and worked with Grant, and is about as canny as anyone gets about bicycle retail and business in general.
Jack said "anything in my shop that isnt major brand like Trek takes up floor space and costs me money." Granted, (pun noted) Bellingham is a small, family type city. Free Range Cycles in Seattle and Elliot Bay, plus that shop on Commercial Drive in Vancouver do carry Rivvish stuff. But Elliot Bay discontinued Riv bikes well before they retired, even though I sold two Roms for them. OTOH REI started out of someone's garage in Seattle. And Riv has educated it's audience and prepared the market in wonderful ways. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
