Like most of us I would imagine, I keep lookout on the Rivendell site and am also the happy owner of a Custom and an Atlantis. Both bikes were local purchases found through eBay and built-up with the assistance and supply from the great folks at Rivendell.
As of today, I am the proud new owner of my first new (demo) Rivendell - a 48 cm Sam I had the luck of finding on rivbike.com at the moment it was being posted for sale. First there was a listing with no photo and, seconds later, the photo appeared and the price was great. Having hemmed and hawed over a similar 48 cm Hunqa frame months ago and finding it no longer listed one day, I acted quickly: 1) pleaded with wife; 2) made some promises; 3) called Riv - spoke with Keven (an awesome fellow - promised it would be my favorite); 4) made the purchase. The bike arrived yesterday with the best packing I've ever seen, and the first shipped bike I've received that was not damaged in any way. Assembling it was a breeze and interesting to see how the parts were assembled in the box, zip-tied, bubble wrapped and foam protected - amazing work. I took my first ride this morning and it was instantly comfortable with a wonderful upright position everyone here describes as the benefit to the Albas; the seat is a sprung Brooks Flyer (pre-aged) and the tires are Fatty Rumpkin 650Bs - smooth and comfortable. My stable is complete (I promised) - what a great experience! Links to flickr photos (hopefully no issues with viewing) for you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327917838/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327917096/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327915888/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327915252/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327913962/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327913342/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45736724@N04/9327912184/in/photostream/ -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
