On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 7:24:05 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > There is less in the Rivendell product line now that interests me, > compared to 15 or 20 years ago -- part of that is simply that, with age, > you accumulate most of what you need or want -- but I still very much want > Rivendell to succeed >
Years ago one thing that made Rivendell really interesting was they bought up a lot of the NOS parts that the market was moving away from - anything Suntour, 110/74 triple cranks, single pivot brakes, friction shifters and stuff like that. I bought stuff from Riv then because I still liked those parts. However, 20 years later and those parts are mainly gone. Note - check out Mike Kone of Boulder Bicycles for NOS/Vintage Campy, Shimano and other stuff as he still seems to be able to source it! So now Grant is left with trying to recreate or develop similar parts.That cost money which apparently he doesn't have, so the need for fundraising. On the Paceline thread, someone suggested he look into getting a line of credit (LOC). Assuming he qualifies, that might be a good way to go without making announcements that make it appear that he's desperate. But like others have said, Grant has been in business for 25 years. It hasn't always been smooth sailings, but he's a survivor and will do what has worked for him! Good Luck! -- 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.
