A couple of weeks ago my wife Kae and I brought my Sam Hillborne and her Betty Foy to the Cities, about a 3 hour drive up the river. What a great trail system and what a great city! We got lost several times but were having so much fun enjoying the weather and the town from our bikes that it really didn't matter if we were lost. We're quite the couple riding together with our Rivendells. Riding along out of Lake Calhoun on the Midtown Greenway a gentleman recognized our bikes and shouted out RIVENDELL as we rode by. Kae and I both love our bikes and are always pleased when someone recognizes them for the beautiful machines they are. Tim Petersen
On Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:56:30 AM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4qTdUXe8FMkJ. 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.
