I stop by Riv HQ every 4-5 months on my way through town. It is always a pleasure. Everyone is great to talk with and the bikes of course are beautiful to admire and ride. The place oozes a love of bikes!
Doug Bloch Alameda CA USA On Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 12:22:33 AM UTC-7, Ben Miller wrote: > > Today my girlfriend, Megan, and I took a trip to Walnut Crick and visited > RWB World Headquarters. She'd been eyeing a Sage Sam or a Forest Green Clem > Jr, and ended up settling on a Clem with the help of Will and Grant. > > All in all a great visit. Got to see the new MTB fork in the flesh (I'm > not sure it was just me, but I thought you could see through the top blade > segment; you can't it's just the same colour as the background in the > Blug). > > A highlight was when we went on a test ride, her on the Clem and me on a > new AHH. Inexplicably the Homer got a front flat about half way through the > ride. But a quick call to Will and Grant came out and swapped out the Homer > for a new Atlantis. Two test bike rides for one! Later on Will said he > couldn't remember anyone ever getting a flat on a test ride, so maybe I'm > that lucky? > > After that, details of Megan's Clem were settled on and what not. I've > attached a picture of her and Grant discussing bar tape wrapping options > and configurations. Meanwhile I talked with Henry and Vince briefly and > swapped SF dirt rides with Will. > > On the way back, Megan remarked how great it is that we are so close to > RWB and asked if it's just dumb luck. It's her first bike as an adult, and > she very happy with her choice. I own/have own a number of Riv bikes, but > maybe I take for granted a little bit how lucky it is that they're so > close. It's truly a unique business with unique individuals and a strong > community backing it. It is definitely fun to be a part of that community. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
