Steve, I live in St. Louis. We lots of nice bike shops, Big Shark, Mesa Cycles, Cursed Bikes. Cursed Bikes is new and sells coffee, which is an extra perk (no pun intended). I can't say these shops are especially Riv-ish, which I would tentatively define as practical, steel-framed bikes used for touring and general riding, as opposed to racing. There are no Rivendell dealers in St. Louis that I know of.
There's a small shop in Soulard with, in my humble opinion, and exceptionally good mechanic - one Matt LaBerta - he's a great guy who makes his own frames. I like going to his shop. His shop is really neat, but not Riv-ish. In short, if you visit any St. Louis bike shop, don't except a reincarnation of the Bike Book, and Hatchet. I seldom see another Riv rider around these parts. Once, I was in Shaw Park fiddling with my Atlantis, and a nice guy road up on a Sam Hillborne. But he was from San Francisco, just riding through on a tour. If you want to know some neat rides around here, tell me and I'll fill you in. Otherwise, I'll stop typing. On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 4:37:48 AM UTC-5, Steve Butcher wrote: > > I was wondering from any Riv folks in the St. Louis area, if there are any > Riv-ish shops I should check out. My wife and I make fairly frequent trips > up that way to visit family. Advise appreciated! > On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 4:37:48 AM UTC-5, Steve Butcher wrote: > > I was wondering from any Riv folks in the St. Louis area, if there are any > Riv-ish shops I should check out. My wife and I make fairly frequent trips > up that way to visit family. Advise appreciated! > -- 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.
