I owned a 1991 BR-1. Lost that bike to a theft, but didn't lose track of Bridgestone. I was on the iBOB list back then, until the traffic got too be too much to follow.
Somewhere in 1994 I saw an ad announcing that Grant had started up Rivendell. I subscribed to the Reader starting with the 'green' issue. In April of 1995 I had saved up enough money to order a Road Standard, though I was sweating over whether to spend the extra $50 for the contrasting head tube. When I called Riv to place the order and chat about colors, they had me call their guy at Waterford. Turned out someone had ordered a 56 (my size) in Sherwood Forest Green, single color, then changed his mind about the size. The 56 was hanging there waiting for me! That made the color decision easy. I still have that frame: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15750548@N04/5469420091/ The paint is original, but many different sets of parts have been on the frame. It's now temporarily out of service, to be reborn into it's second round of fixed-gear duty. Maybe with the S3X 3-speed fixed hub. A couple of years later during one of Riv's periodic cash crunches they had a few prototypes to sell off. The deal was, tell us your size and what you might want, and we'll call you if we have something that matches. They called and offered me the Mountain/Expedition frame that had been the catalog model. For $500, how could I refuse? It replaced an MB-1 that I had bought and had only had for a few weeks. I had the M/E for years but never rode it enough, and finally decided the top tube was too long for me and sold it to someone on this list. Bill On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:06:10 AM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote: > > So how did you originally find out about them, and why/where/how did you > get your first Rivendell bike? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yk3hTh_XOe0J. 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.
