Thanks for sharing this, Tim. How nice after five Rivendells to meet the people behind them in person, and then go for a ride with the designer. Speaking of photos of Grant, the one in the current email evokes some kind of bicycle shaman, perhaps coming down into town for supplies. Too cool!
On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 9:27:04 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Yes, good story, and good photos. I'm glad Grant is getting as old as I am. > > Following miscellaneous links related to an iBob thread on trail, I came > across several articles about Grant and Rivendell, notably Gary B's > interview with Grant published in a 2007 Bike Radar edition. A good article > to archive. The one on trail and the important frame design variables is > also worth re reading. > > Meandering on within the "Just Ride" idea: today's Bike Snob post talks > about a performance enhancement system that should fit right in: fecal > transplants. > > Who needs satire? > > Patrick "I don't give a shit" Moore > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Broccoli Cog <tba...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> That's a great story! Reinforces how happy I am to do business with such >> great people. I hope to visit there someday. >> >> On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 6:03:02 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote: >>> >>> I visited Riv 3 weeks ago. I was on my way to Mountain View and was able >>> to spend a little under 24 hours in Walnut Creek. I got there at noon on >>> Friday, June 1 after leaving Sequoia National Park that morning. What a >>> great experience! I met Vince first and we visited. I told him about my >>> Rivendells. Then I met Dave, whom I've exchanged a few emails with. Great >>> guy. I was starving so went next door to the noodle place for some >>> delicious pho. I came back and hung out some more. I saw Jenny's double tt >>> Hilsen. Sweet bike. I rode a 52 Appaloosa with Bosco bars. Then a Clem and >>> a Clem L. Grant came in and we talked for quite a while. I was planning on >>> coming in the next morning (Saturday) and testing a bike at the Shell Ridge >>> open space (where many of those great photos on the site are shot. They >>> have maps printed at Riv and Grant gave me one and marked the directions in >>> highlighter. Dave recommended a sushi place for dinner and I left. >>> >>> I got there Saturday with the intention of riding an Appaloosa but the >>> one from the day before was smaller than I wanted. I was going to take a >>> Clem but then Grant came by and told me to take his. Then he decided to >>> come along (to make sure I didn't hurt his bike, he said, tongue-in-cheek), >>> and off we went. The trails are just as great as they look in the pictures >>> and the hills are even more beautiful. There were a couple of hills we had >>> to walk up. Grant took my phone and went ahead on the trail a few times to >>> shoot me coming down. It was a great ride and he is a very engaging guy. >>> >>> While I was there I ended up meeting Vince, Dave, Mark, Spencer, Will, >>> Jenny and Harry Hugel IV. Everyone was super nice and several of them >>> thanked me, from a genuine place, for buying Rivendells. They have always >>> been just as nice in the many, many encounters I've had with them via email >>> or on the phone. I've got 5 Riv's and have always loved them. It makes me >>> feel really good to support such a great business. >>> >>> -- > > -- 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.
