A good friend of mine from high school and college told me in 2001 that if I ever bought a bike, it’d be a Rivendell. He told me I just seemed like a Riv guy. I did not even ride back then, but I remembered and thought that if I ever started riding, I’d look into Rivendell.
I thought about getting into riding when I got my first teaching job in 2006. Sent an email to Riv with questions, and Jon was SO helpful and nice. I always remembered that, but ended up not getting into riding. I got a cheap Linus in November of 2019 to see if I could be a bike person. Fell for it and immediately started dreaming about a Riv. In the summer of 2020, I converted the Linus with albatross-ish bars, cork grips, and a friction thumbie to replace the trigger index shifter. Kept saving up and thinking about a Homer. Called Rivendell in August 2020 to ask when they’d get more Homers, and talking with Vince he thought I’d dig an Atlantis as much or more…and they had one in stock. Vince (and Rich) were so nice/friendly/helpful. I bought the frame, Vince put together a build, and a mint later I was in Heaven. It’s the way the bikes look, the attitude behind the drsign, the people who work there…I have an Atlantis and now Sam. I’m not even tempted to buy a bike from any other company. Maybe I’m missing out, but I don’t care. Ben Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 12, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Chris L <clampe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My first adult bike was a 1995 Trek 730 Multitrack and I thought it was the > perfect bike for me, but as I learned more about bikes, I discovered I wanted > way more tire clearance (730 = 40mm, barely) and a much longer top-tube. I > was a fan of quite a few smaller bike brands and wanted something > non-mainstream and something steel. I already had a very good set of 700c > wheels, so the Hunqapillar was the only thing on the market that was what I > was looking for. A few brands have put out models that were close, but all > suffered from too short a top tube, either being designed with drops in mind, > or trying to split the difference between drops and flat/alt bars. I see > this is the only flaw in the original 56cm Atlantis, with it's 57 cm ETT. If > that bike had a 60 or 61 cm ETT, it would have been my Grail bike. I would > have invested in a second set of good wheels that one. > > I also was very curious about the "riv ride" I had heard so much of, over the > years, so I the Hunqapillar being the sole candidate to fit my needs was a > nice bonus. > > >> On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 4:14:38 PM UTC-6 Ray Varella wrote: >> I received an early flyer/reader in an order from American Cyclery San >> Francisco. >> After reading the specs on the frames, the Allrounder sounded like a great >> compliment to my classic road bike, by the time I ordered one they had gone >> to customs and the Atlantis was replacing the Allrounder. >> I went with a custom. It was one of the best handling bikes I’ve ever owned. >> I was bombing down Mt. Diablo one day and a couple guys on modern road bikes >> were trying to reel me in. >> When we got to the bottom of the mountain one of them said “you handle that >> old truck pretty well”. >> It still cracks me up to think about that. >> >> Grant and company design very nice riding bikes and really excel at the >> Allrounder style of bike. >> >> Ray >> >>> On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 1:53:52 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: >>> I was a Bridgestone guy, bought a leftover XO-3 in 1994 as Bstone USA was >>> folding and Grant was deciding what to do next. That turned out to be >>> Rivendell and I eventually bought this, a Romulus. >>> >>> Joe Bernard >>> >>>> On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 12:53:10 PM UTC-8 aeroperf wrote: >>>> >>>> I see Laura B’s thread about Susie vs. Platy, and Iconley’s timeline with >>>> 15 Riv bikes, and so I thought I’d ask: >>>> >>>> What made you buy your first Rivendell bicycle? >>>> >>>> Not “What do you like about Rivendell bicycles”, or “Why did you buy a >>>> second one?”, but why did you buy your first? >>>> >>>> >>>> In my case >>>> I wanted steel, because I liked the feel over aluminum (carbon was just >>>> starting). >>>> I wanted lugged steel, because I think I think a lugged steel bike is >>>> awesomely pretty. >>>> I got to ride a friend’s Sam Hillborne in 2010, and it fit like a glove, >>>> and I remembered that. >>>> So when I retired in 2014, I bought a Sam. >>>> >>>> Now I could go on about how I love my Sam, but that’s not the point of >>>> this. It’s to find out why you bought your first. >>>> >>>> Did you Google “Rivendell” one day and stumble into the bicycle shop >>>> instead of the Tolkien book? >>>> Did you want a bicycle that was at home on dirt roads, where the 24mm >>>> tires of a good used 80’s road bike just couldn’t cut it? >>>> Do you think Grant Petersen is a bicycle god, and you’d buy anything that >>>> he designs, once you could afford it? >>>> Are you into the “waxed canvas and square taper” kind of mindset? >>>> Did you get a Riv because it was a boutique bike, or in spite of that? >>>> >>>> Difficulty- no pictures, unless it is of a Riv in a tree with “A guy told >>>> me I could have this for free, if I climbed up and got it”. > > -- > 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/77c3b8b0-1dc5-41e5-95b1-08bda2158ccen%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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