I receive some of what Marc describes so well, but I also draw the ire of CF riders whose bikes cost multiples of what mine did yet it is my bike that is singularly noted and complimented by other riders. CF, low spokes wheels and electric shifting have become the uniform backdrop against which my Rivendell stands out.
I rode a community event here a few weeks ago and gravitated toward a fella on a Merckx Corsa TSX in 7-11 red and green with a full Mavic group, including BB, cranks, HS, stem, bars, brakes and levers. We struck up a nice conversation and rode the metric century together. We collected many overt compliments and attention from others in the sea of that new normal. There is a groundswell of practical bikes with fenders, lights, bags and racks beginning to show in the streets and roads lately. Bike shops being businesses are either welcoming that interest or turning away new customers. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 8:44:59 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > This is so odd, or perhaps I just live in a very nice city. Not only have > I ever gotten only praise and interest for my Rivendells and other such > oddities, but I've been a favorite at one of the high end, Cervelo selling, > Madone stocking, carbon fiber living shops in town. Owners drooled over > Rivendells, 1958 Herse, late '70s Ken Rogers British Racing Trik*. Local > roadies and grocery store doofuses all say, "Nice bike!" > > Hell, I even had the owner of another now defunct high end store accept > the 30 lb rear wheel from a 3 speed Schwinn for spoke replacement and > truing without a single grimace or sotto voce comment, and this was 25 > years ago before I had any real shop cred. > > (Though I did have a snarky youth make a deprecating comment about my hot > rodded 1992 XO-1 ... Perhaps it was the purple rims and SRAM drop bar twist > shifters?) > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 6:19 AM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> When I first started looking into building up my own bike, I visited an >> LBS and in conversation I casually mentioned RBW being an influence and the >> owner grimaced and said something to the effect of "stay away from those >> Rivendells......". About a year later, I was in there again and he was >> showing off his new Salsa that he chose for the frame material being steel >> and the chainstays longer.....for comfort. >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:55:59 PM UTC-5, PG wrote: >>> >>> >>> Will Ashe wrote: >>> >>> I live in Los Angeles, and as such am intrigued. Would it be a Riv >>>> dealer or just carry Riv like parts and gear? >>>> >>>> Will >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>> >>> Will, >>> >>> By rivvish, I mean a shop that understands a wide variety of bike >>> designs, and accepts them all as valid. Or, to put it another way, a >>> shop where you can walk in with a Rivendell and not get laughed out the >>> door. (That's happened to me before.) >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
