The original post might be a little aggressive, but I'm not offended. I am also guilty as charged. I have bought six Rivendells: first a Quickbeam, then a Custom, then a Hubbuhubbuh, a Roadeo, a Rambouillet and another Custom. I still have five (the first Custom was stolen).
And I have acquired several bikes after the last Riv. Notably a Masi Gran Criterium, a Peugeot PX 10, a '60s Bianchi Specialissima and a Bilenky Viewpoint. Amusingly, all my bikes are steel (and this is not all of them). Although I would jump at a chance to get an aluminum Cunningham. Regards, Corwin On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 11:06:59 PM UTC-7 Ben Miller wrote: > "Please I want to hear from normal people who own 3 or fewer Rivendells, > not people who have one of every model of Rivendell and who get personal > greeting cards from Grant Peterson." > > Whoa my dude, I think you've massively read the room wrong. A couple of > things: > > 1. I dunno if you've ever met Grant in person, but he is sure as hell > not sending "personal greeting cards" to collectors. He's definitely way > more excited about the new customer than he is about the returning one. > When Blue Lug announced the 13th (slash 10th?) anniversary frames, > including in the rules was that "Grant-san had wished strongly that > the frame would be ridden instead of being kept in a shed > <https://bluelug.com/blog/global/blue-lug-kamiuma-13th-anniversary/>" > Hardly the words of a guy who wants you just to collect 'em all. > 2. But sure, this particular forum is guilty as charged. I've owned 6 > Riv's, so definitely don't fall into your "normal" person category. But, I > mean, it is the "RIV OWNER'S BUNCH" group for crying out loud. You're > gonna > get a bunch of "weirdos" who've tried a bunch of different Rivs. It's a > storied brand that's evolved over time, remade itself multiple times, and > led the bike industry in new ways. This is the forum where we argue about > how there are multiple distinct versions of a single model and you want us > to just have had some arbitrarily decided, by you, number of how many of > that one model we should have tried? Balderdash > > The thing is, everyone's bike journey is a journey. A personal one. Might > be 2 bikes and that's it. Might be 50 and still looking. But I also know > that it's not in a vacuum; we can only buy the bikes that the bike industry > in making (outside customs, of course). So to have you caveat your > "request" with you're just "curious" and "This is not market research" > while simultaneously attacking probably the majority of us saying we aren't > normal, smacks of ignorance and navel gazing at best. A lot of us having > been following Grant and Rivendell's (or Bridgestone, but I personally do > not go back that far) exploration of what a bike can be for a while now; > we're curious and may not always agree with the choices, but are interested > in Rivendell's progression and what it means on the ride. And yeah, a lot > of us are also curious in similarly minded brands: Crust, Jones, Skylar, > Slug, Surly, customs. Happy to discuss that. But just stop with the > posturing, wrong room my dude. > > On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 10:25:39 PM UTC-7 John Dewey wrote: > >> Rv’dells & Ebisus…cousins / separated at birth? >> >> Alongside another old relative—WF P’mount. >> >> Incestuous? Quite likely 🤪 >> >> JD >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM Bob <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I ordered a Homer in 2014. Mostly loved it, but learned I prefer smaller >>> wheels. I sold it in 2017 to help fund a custom Bantam with 650B wheels and >>> good clearance for fenders and 42 mm tires.* Missed having a Riv, though, >>> so I now am the third (I think?) owner of an All Rounder of uncertain >>> vintage with 26 in. wheels. If RBW still did customs, I'd want something >>> very much like my AR. >>> >>> -- >>> Bob >>> >>> * If RBW ever makes adjustments to the Sam, I think they should make the >>> 54 and 57 take 650B wheels with room for fenders and 48 mm tires. Got a >>> spot in my stable for that bike. >>> On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 2:53:29 PM UTC-6 Michael Morrissey wrote: >>> >>>> I like bikes and I was thinking of implementing a new life rule: buy a >>>> new bike every ten years whether I need to or not. Of course, I don't need >>>> to. I bought my Appaloosa in 2016 and have been happily riding it since >>>> then. >>>> >>>> I was wondering, people who have bought Rivendells and enjoyed them, >>>> and then decided to get another bike, what bike did you get and why? >>>> >>>> Please I want to hear from normal people who own 3 or fewer Rivendells, >>>> not people who have one of every model of Rivendell and who get personal >>>> greeting cards from Grant Peterson. >>>> >>>> Where did you go from the top? Custom? Surly? Crust? Jones? Urban Arrow >>>> for you and your offspring? Full squish mountain bike? Moto Guzzi? >>>> Brompton? Citibike all the time? Beater 26" mountain bike? Feel free to >>>> message me off list if you can't admit you moved away from lugged steel. >>>> I'm just a curious bike nerd. 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