I inquired with Riv about the possibilities of selling their products at my shop. Still waiting to hear back. I personally am curious what types of commitments and terms they are looking for in partnering shops. My shop has been going through a lot of changes over that last few years and it would be exciting to see a different brand of bike grace the floor of our shop. I'm not inclined to take on the brand if they want me to commit to 40 units from the start, but if I can bring in a few units and get a soft start to warm people up then it might be a possibility. I am a Rivendell owner, and it's funny when people walk into the shop and see my Hunqapillar in the corner. I think people are really surprised to see a Rivendell in my shop, given some of the uber fancy carbon bikes that grace the racks. But I'm the kind of person that would like to see a brand like Rivendell grace the floor of a local DC shop. I have sold Rivs at a small shop in South Dakota some years back, and we did pretty well with them, but Grant decided to go direct and the lack of margins kind killed the incentive. What ever shops they decide to go with, I hope all works out for the best. They are great bikes that make for fun adventures and memorable stories.
Keith Muller Store Manager The Bicycle Pro Shop Washington, DC On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:12:30 AM UTC-4, Alan Pickett wrote: > > What to DC-centric folks think about helping develop a local dealer for > Riv Bikes, as requested a bug-post or two ago? > > I love the gang at Proteus Bikes in College Park, and I know that College > Park Bicycles has an affinity with Grant/Riv, but somehow I wonder if a > place like Bicycle Space - which just recently opened a new shop right > smack in downtown DC, might have real potential, by tapping into a well > moneyed, bike-commutin' crowd with consumer tastes just precious enough to > make the gorgeous lugs and paint on Riv Bikes a beacon of irresistible > attraction. Does anyone know the Bicycle Space people? Could we talk to > them? > > Either that, or a few of us could quit our day jobs and attempt to open a > bike store... I would assume that we would all become filthy stinking rich > in short order, right? > > Alan in Silver Spring > -- 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.
