Oh man. Philip, thank you for starting this thread. Made me smile throughout. Thank you.
Converging threads of history. Finding the treasure trove of info compiled by Sheldon Brown, as well as his copious continual sharing on REC:Bicycle:Tech and other usenet forums (kids, ask your parents or nerdy uncles). At the same time, getting to work in the bicycle industry and having my mechanic sensei/boss hand me the first few RR's and say, "...you need to see what Grant is doing..." and then seeing a sage green Rivendell Road at one of the trade shows (not in an RBW booth - maybe Joe Bell's?) Can't quite recall anything other than the cacophony of the show dropping away and the bike just seeming to glow and hum. Gorgeous in it's simplicity against the backdrop of toothpaste-welds and gigantic downtubes. >From then, reading, learning, reading, meeting, visiting. Watching designs transitional, nascent and fully formed. Continuing to have confidence that nothing lands on a model without a lot of thought and hours spent testing. Most things of value look weird the first time you see them. And Seth G. said just last week about how if 2/3rds of your audience doesn't quite get it, then that's likely the right place to be working. Rivendell has never sat comfortably inside the middle of any bell curve. And we're all the better for it. Thanks Grant! -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
