There are still places where the practical side of bicycling has a place, and here in Seattle we're lucky to be one of those places. We have a for-real Rivendell dealer (Free Range Cycles) that also carries Surly, Rawland, and VO. There's also 2020 who have awesome used stuff and a great "do what works" attitude. Bicycle Pull Apart is a cool shop that looks like it belongs in a post-apocalyptic world. Elliot Bay Bicycles deserves a mention since Bill Davidson (one of the owners) is one of the long time masters of steel and he makes wonderful, practical customs. He's a little racy, but hey, love him anyway.
I also get the impression Minneapolis has things well under control with Jim Thill's shop (just got a great set of Dyads built by Jim himself. Thanks Jim!) Having said that, I used to live in the racing wasteland of Southern California and had an awful time wandering in the wilderness before I happened across a mention of Rivendell on Sheldon Brown's website. If not for that, I'd still be miserably doing occasional rides on a bike I hated, imagining that all cycling is a brainless workout that's meant to be suffered through. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
