I think it happens with bikes of all different brands, but only if its a smaller company. With a big brand you might get interested seeing the exact same model, but other than that, it may be neet seeing another Trek or Specialized or whatever, but it happens so much its not a big deal.
With a small builder, like Rivendell, it makes more of an impression. Its all about the frequency. For me personally, I see the occasional Riv here in Dayton (Ohio) but have yet to see or even hear of another Kogswell or Handsome here locally. The reason being all three were/are small companies but of the three, Rivendell is the largest and we used to have a Riv dealer here in town. For that reason, I'd be more excited to see a match for my new Handsome or my trusty Kogswell. It would be even more so for a full custom builder. Riv is small but still sells a fair number of frames and bikes annually. Imagine a single man custom builder who pushes out a small handfull of frames yearly, those are going to be a much rarer sighting. I've seen one Vanilla here in town, that would be a huge deal for that guy to run into another one because it will probably never happen. Cheers, Scott Henry Dayton, OH On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Steven Silbert <skakid8...@gmail.com>wrote: > Today I came back to my Hillborne, which was parked in front of Linnea's > Cafe in San Luis Obispo, only to find that it had found a friend! A > beautiful Atlantis was parked next to Samwise (My Hillborne)... The light > blue contrasted with the creamy green was a sight to behold. The owner was > waiting for me to arrive so he could meet the owner. I drooled over his > Phil Wood built, 40-spoke wheels while he checked out the double top tubes. > This whole experience leaves me wondering... does this happen with other > bicycle companies? Is it OK for me to get so excited meeting another > Rivendell in the wild? I mean it happens with surlys and other companies, > but not quite to the same degree.. We talked for like 30 minutes about how > much we liked our bikes. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it feels > nice belonging to such a cool, tight-knit community of people. > > -- 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.
