Russ's videos, and his enthusiasm for the Sam (he did decide to buy it) pushed me over the edge and I put my deposit down 2 weeks ago with Golden pliers for a 51cm Sam H in the Dark Gold. I've been a Riv fanboy and occasional presence on this list for years, but this will actually be my own first Rivendell. I've owned (and sold) several Bridgestones, I had (and wrecked) an Ocean Air Cycles Rambler. I just recently took delivery of a custom Bantam disc brake sport tourer to replace the Rambler. And in the Portland bike community I'm involved with it's only a slight exageration when I say All My Friends Have Rivendells. Like Russ I've given the Rivendell treatment to several of my bikes, but it's time to go all in for the real deal. Part of my thinking is also a bit of a pendulum swing back to rim brakes, encouraged by Russ's review, as well as some comments Ron (Ultraromance) made about his Atlantis with Canti brakes on the GDMBR when Russ interviewed him a few months ago. Another bonus is that adding the Sam will actually reduce my stable. Part of my decision was "what bikes will this replace?" So I sold the 89 MB-2 drop-bar conversion, the BS Mile 112 is currently listed, and the Trek 750 is about to go as soon as I swap out the Albatross bars (going on the Sam). Also the Trek 930 650b conversion - back to 26" and on to Craigslist (the wheels were from the Rambler and will go on the Sam). Same with the Specialized Crossroads - that was going to be my next project, but there's no need now. So, add 1 bike, sell 5. Also, the place-hold for the new Sams is up on the Riv site. Will told me a couple week ago that they were already short on the 51's due to Blue Lug snagging a bunch. So if you're considering and on the fence, I suggest getting your name in quick.
Mike M On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 10:42:40 PM UTC-7, Ben Mihovk wrote: > > I love Path Less Pedaled!!! Great stuff on his Sam and I can't wait to see > what modifications he makes to it (he threw drops on it yesterday, it looks > like on Instagram!) > > On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 10:55:33 PM UTC-5 brettjc...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I don't know what the reader/viewer overlap between the Riv list and the >> Path Less Pedaled list is like, outside of Michael Mann and myself, but >> damn am I excited by this! >> >> https://www.instagram.com/p/CDccdhYHoFU/?igshid=phskilu88qw3 >> (Link is to their Instagram, I'm mobile right know so you may have to >> copy and paste, apologies) >> >> Anyone know what model this is? >> >> For those unfamiliar, Russ and his partner at Path Less Pedaled do a lot >> of great bike reviews, videos and interviews with Industry folk "on the >> supple side" of cycling, i.e.; they're into non race oriented stuff. Worth >> your time, I think. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Brett in PDX >> >> -- 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/64c7a731-93e5-4231-90bd-56725aa2d9b8o%40googlegroups.com.
