on 6/6/10 9:21 AM, William at tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
> I personally think the Rapha thing represents something very good for
> cycling, just like I think Rivendell represents something very good
> for cycling. The thing they have in common, for me, is encouragement
> and advocacy of an attitu
Rivendell is doing this in front of your tent on Mt. Diablo..
But I really like the simile.
From: Philip Williamson
In summation: Rivendell is making food with friends and eating it on
your porch. Rapha is buying food with friends in a really cool
restaurant.
OK, while we're basking in hat love, I have to put a plug in for my local
fave, Walz. Great little cottage industry sort of a thing. Run buy a
couple down in Fallbrook.
http://walzcaps.com/
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Bruce wrote:
> Thanks for the link...
>
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On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 05:42 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> I'm very curious how y'all can see out from under those long bills.
Randi Jo's caps have very short bills -- but when I wear one under a
helmet I have it turned backwards, where it does not obscure my vision
and, incidentally, shades the ba
I'm very curious how y'all can see out from under those long bills. When I
pull a cap down snugly enough to keep it on my head (I do have thick and
more than shoulder length hair in a pony tail, so my hats have to be firmly
in place) the bill blocks my vision unless I am sitting bolt upright. Even
Thanks for the link...
From: Steve Palincsar
If you like the cap -- I have one and I love mine -- you can get them
directly from the maker. http://www.randijofab.com/ Formerly known as
Rainy Peak Cyclery, it's now Randi Jo's Fabrications. Here's a direct
li
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 17:38 -0700, Bruce wrote:
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> I also have two Rivendell wool caps, both in orange and they are the
> older design and the current one. These Wooly Stubbies are unlined,
> but are also well made and the advertiding says so. "the embroidery
> seems to perfectly match the bill c
I just received a Rapha cycling cap in the mail. You may recall it being
advertised on this list recently. My 1st purchase of Rapha anything. (I was
given a Rapha water bottle, but that's another story.) Anyway, the interior
label, 70mm x 100mm in size and sewn to the underside of the crown, sta
On Jun 4, 2010, at 8:58 AM, JoelMatthews wrote:
>
> GP appears to follow what he likes and hopes enough agree that he and
> his employees make a living. Rapha uses a well conceived and executed
> marketing plan to convince people to pay more for merchandise it makes
> than similar merchandise
I said: My take? Riv has no marketing strategy as such; instead they have
Grant's (a) love of bicycles and (b) whimsical humor. My sense is that the
names, poems, etc. are not at all deliberate, thought out marketing tactics
and strategies as commonly understood -- I write many upper level marketin
My take? Riv has no marketing strategy as such; instead they have Grant's
(a) love of bicycles and (b) whimsical humor. My sense is that the names,
poems, etc. are not at all deliberate, thought out marketing tactics and
strategies as commonly understood -- I write many upper level marketing
resume
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:26 PM, XO-1.org Rough Riders
wrote:
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> Yes, perhaps "brilliant" for the extant Riv fans who read it, but
> "marketing" implies reaching beyond the current fan/customer base. I
> don't see that happening, and never really have.
>
I guess it depends on how one defines "mar
Are you kidding? The whole Homer Hilsen hype with the epic poem and
everything? It was brilliant! Unfortunately, whoever came up with that
campaign,
wasn't there for the Roadeo or later models.
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