> > Hi Riv Gang: > Rivendell came along to me, and substantially improved my life, in nineteen and ninety-nine, IIRC.
This was pre-hipster era, before the current boom in customs and the current availability of good steel bikes. So one night in 1999, I was drinking beer with The Reverend Rex (Mookie LeRoy), complaining that I didn't like the bikes then in vogue - for all the reasons discussed on this forum. Everything was aluminum, indexed, and uncomfortable. Couldn't find Books saddles and Phil hubs anywhere. The Rev handed me a Rivendell Catalog, with a picture of one of the Rivendell staff in a wool sweater with baggy shorts. I knew then that my ship had come in, that I had found my people. I visited RBWHQ and bought a Heron Road. I've acquired, and still own and ride a number of the Rivendell models. I eventually gave my Quickbeam to the Reverend out of gratitude for introducing me to Rivendell (plus my bad knees precluded SS and fixed riding. So anyway the Rev now rides my QB). I bought the Heron because I wanted a good steel bike, with good craftsmanship, and no ergo/STI fancy stuff that I didn't understand. Things have changed, evolved since 1999 (I don't drink beer or anything else these days)- but my reasons for riding Rivendells and other steel bikes remain the same: craftsmanship, comfort of steel, good clearances and comfortable, common sense geometry. Pics of my various Rivendells - an emerald green Road Standard, the Heron (now a 650b), Rambouillet, Atlantis, Legolas, Roadeo and maybe one or two others are on my flickr page, along with a few other bikes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums 20 years on, and I'm very grateful. Cheers Max B Santa Rosa CA -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/11ecb4f1-25c3-49aa-9031-c666ebc33c27%40googlegroups.com.
