On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Ben Miller <ben.l.mil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... end of the day Grant decides what Riv is. (This is said slightly > tongue-in-cheek, but only slightly) > That's true; what is left for debate is, if this is all that Riv is, is it worth following? I've followed Rivendell since 1994, when I belatedly signed up for the Bob group and got the mailing about the new post Bridgestone Bicycles USA startup. I ordered a custom in late '94, and I've loved Rivendell bikes ever since. But I love them, and many others love them, because they ride so well, and that everything else was largely* subordinated to this ride quality. After all, what else takes precedent over ride quality? " ... It's a choice, an aesthetic. " If Rivendell was only, or principally, an aesthetic, I'd gag and run as fast as I could toward the horizon. If Riv was only, or principally an aesthetic, then f*ck them, I personally have no use for stylemongers. But, thank God, Rivendell is far, far, *far* more than an aesthetic. Aesthetic posers be damned, I say. Patrick Moore, who feels very strongly about this, and who would, were Rivendell only an aesthetic, feel betrayed. * I'll allow Riv a wee bit of slack for gratuitous aesthetic touches, though I take points away for tweed mudflaps. > > Personally, I do think Rivendell is retrogrouchy, but instead of running > away from that, I love have they embrace it. "Yeah, we don't like carbon > forks, disc brakes, or anything but steel, so what?" It's a choice, an > aesthetic. Rivendell definitely curates its own brand/philosophy/style and > it's part of the fun/allure. It's part of bucking the system, but also > leads to good design choices (a bunch of which have already been > mentioned). But there are plenty of good design choices that they're > purposefully at odds with and that's more than OK, it's why we like them. > It allows us to feel good about our own overlapping quirky design choices > (whilst at the same time secretly hiding way our brifters and disc brakes). > > -- 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.
