I've bought two of the five "best sellers" and none of the five "worst sellers". The thing I found interesting was the Silver Shifter story, and that Riv shelled out the $9k for tooling. Other retailers sell the Silver shifters, and all of them call them "Dia-Compe Silver shifters" with no mention of Rivendell. Ben's Cycle sells them, doesn't mention Rivendell, and copies verbatim Velo-Orange's description of them. I wonder if Riv gets a royalty when VO or Ben's sells a set of shifters, or if the $9k just gave them temporary exclusivity with Dia Compe which has since expired. I have one set of Silvers, and a stockpile of the original Suntours. It's a great shifter design, and despite what Chris at VO says, I'd run suntours or silvers over the Simplex/Mavic ones any day.
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