On Feb 28, 2012, at 5:06 PM, islaysteve wrote: > > I know that Rivendell wouldn't be RBW and Grant wouldn't be Grant without > weird nuts, erasers, posters and notecards for sale on the site. But I can't > help but wonder if the year-end messages wouldn't be a bit happier without > having to carry some of this non-bicycle or marginally-bicycle stuff. And I > wasn't even going to mention bamboo boxes. Rivendell Bicycle Works isn't > Velo Orange and I imagine that most here don't want it to be, whether we like > VO's offerings or not. I get this. But still. Maybe I've been away from > California for too long. Planning a visit soon. Open for discussion (RBW, > that is). Cheers, Steve
Umm. Grant has weird nuts? OK that was immature, I know what Steve meant and I shouldn't click send but it made me laugh. It's been one of those days and I apologize to anyone who might be offended by my occasionally Beavis-y humor. I like the variety of stuff at Riv and whenever I am shopping I check those things out. I find that Grant and I often have some similar notions about what's neat (currently it's puukko and Barlow knives. If you haven't checked out puukko knives, do a web search. There are some astonishing knives hand made by Finnish and non-Finnsh masters. Check out some of these: http://www.onoma.org/arkisto/nayttelyt/puukko/puukkoen.htm) and I like what he finds and puts up for sale. And sometimes there's a neat story about the artisan(s) behind the items and that's cool too. A real challenge as a business for Riv is that they sell good stuff that doesn't wear out. I bought an All-Rounder in 1996 and haven't worn it out yet. Bought Phil hubs and it seems like they will outlive me. Nitto stem and bars, gonna last a long while yet. Brooks saddle, ditto (and it's 35 years old already). SunTour derailleurs still going strong. Good stuff but not replaced every two years. The problem with selling good durable products is that you keep needing new customers because your old customers aren't coming in all the time to replace worn out unrepairables. Do Riv a favor and send 'em new customers! Now if only I could get freewheels as fine shifting, perfectly geared, quietly coasting and nice looking as the old Sachs ARIS 12-24 7 speeds (maybe with harder cogs that don't wear out so fast). I'm down to my last one (Jim, don't tell Mongo I put one of those back on my bike...). Maybe I can find a machinist to make me replacement cogs from stainless... -- 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-bunch@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.
