I've never seen another one out here in Tel Aviv. It's still mostly mountain and racing bikes around here, with a good number of off- brands folders and electrics. Gas just blew through $8 a gallon though, so maybe that will change soon.
Jay On Sep 9, 4:02 pm, Joe K <kube...@aol.com> wrote: > Probably Rivendell World Headquarters could tell us exactly how many > Rivs are in every city, if they keep their sales records organized > that way. But they may want to keep that info confidential, or > consider it too much like data mining. > > Joe K > > On Sep 8, 7:03 pm, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > I've seen a few RIvs around Tucson, including a very nice blue > > Atlantis. I know there are others, one being owned by the guy who > > organizes the bi-annual GABA (Greater Arizona Bicycle Association) > > swap meets in the spring and fall. He coordinated several of the area > > Rivendell owners (including me) to display their bikes, answer > > questions and pass out Rivendell catalogs during a swap meet quite > > some time back. If you're reading this Grant, why not do this again > > during the Fall swap meet in November? I think Tucson area bicyclists > > would be interested in seeing your latest catalogs and some local > > owner's bikes. > > > Jim Cloud > > Tucson, AZ > > > On Sep 6, 8:56 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I see various threads on here about Rivendell's representation in various > > > parts of the country. We seem to have a better than average showing of Riv > > > here in the Twin Cities. > > > > Back in late 2004 or early 2005 when I bought my first Riv, an Atlantis, I > > > thought it was pretty unique. Soon after I started riding it, though, I > > > met > > > lots of Riv riders by pure happenstance. First was a guy who called > > > himself > > > "Single Speed Steve" on a Quickbeam - we flagged each other down on West > > > River Road. Some short time later on the light-rail, I saw a guy with a > > > really beat up Atlantis that had been, apparently, repaired (by Curt > > > Goodrich I later learned) at least once, which was obvious with the > > > rattlecanned repair areas. I freaked the guy out, I think, when I started > > > talking to him about his bike. We later became friends, but I don't think > > > he has the Atlantis anymore. After awhile, seeing different Rivs in the > > > wild lost its novelty, because it became at least a weekly occurrence. Now > > > I walk to a nearby food co-op, and frequently see a green 2TT Hillborne > > > and > > > a QB parked there at the same time, in addition to some other bikes that > > > clearly have Riv-inspired style. A coffee shop I ride past daily has an > > > orange Sam parked outside (I know the bike personally, and it's original > > > owner sometimes appears on this list). Of course, in my day job, I > > > encounter lots of Rivendells. The Twin Cities, despite having snow and ice > > > on the ground 11.5 months/year, is quite a bicycle haven, and for whatever > > > reason, Riv has a strong showing among the more common bicycle brands. -- 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.
