I visited Riv 3 weeks ago. I was on my way to Mountain View and was able to spend a little under 24 hours in Walnut Creek. I got there at noon on Friday, June 1 after leaving Sequoia National Park that morning. What a great experience! I met Vince first and we visited. I told him about my Rivendells. Then I met Dave, whom I've exchanged a few emails with. Great guy. I was starving so went next door to the noodle place for some delicious pho. I came back and hung out some more. I saw Jenny's double tt Hilsen. Sweet bike. I rode a 52 Appaloosa with Bosco bars. Then a Clem and a Clem L. Grant came in and we talked for quite a while. I was planning on coming in the next morning (Saturday) and testing a bike at the Shell Ridge open space (where many of those great photos on the site are shot. They have maps printed at Riv and Grant gave me one and marked the directions in highlighter. Dave recommended a sushi place for dinner and I left.
I got there Saturday with the intention of riding an Appaloosa but the one from the day before was smaller than I wanted. I was going to take a Clem but then Grant came by and told me to take his. Then he decided to come along (to make sure I didn't hurt his bike, he said, tongue-in-cheek), and off we went. The trails are just as great as they look in the pictures and the hills are even more beautiful. There were a couple of hills we had to walk up. Grant took my phone and went ahead on the trail a few times to shoot me coming down. It was a great ride and he is a very engaging guy. While I was there I ended up meeting Vince, Dave, Mark, Spencer, Will, Jenny and Harry Hugel IV. Everyone was super nice and several of them thanked me, from a genuine place, for buying Rivendells. They have always been just as nice in the many, many encounters I've had with them via email or on the phone. I've got 5 Riv's and have always loved them. It makes me feel really good to support such a great business. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
