Oh that IS a shame... Bryan creates such beautiful bikes, and I have forever adopted his term "renaissancing" a bike, (which more accurately describes what I previously mistook as "restoring")... I love RB's philosophy, particularly the part about giving an older bike a newer (better) look, and am truly disappointed to hear this news... I hope this idea isn't forever lost, and that they (or someone else ) will carry forward this concept in some shape or form... and I hope Bryan somehow remains in the business... We need more people thinking like him.
BB On Dec 15, 2:58 pm, Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> wrote: > That *is* sad. Not anywhere near my LBS (being as how I'm in Seattle...), but > I really enjoyed their approach, and spent a lot of time looking at photos on > their site. > > As Bob Freeman at Elliot Bay Bicycles said to me years ago, "If you buy from > catalogs (this was before there was an "online") instead of from your local > bike shop, don't be surprised when your local bike shop disappears." I > struggle with this, wanting to support a couple very worthy local shops *and* > Rivendell, and a few other small artisans outside of Seattle (mostly in > Portland, it appears.) > > Rob in Seattle > > On Dec 15, 2010, at 11:33 AM, doug peterson wrote: > > > > > Renaissance Bicycles is the latest victim of the Great Recession. On > > their blog, they announced they are closing shop. Special thanks for > > support went to Rivendell. > > > dougP- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
