I saw Grant's Brookstones at a local Outdoor shop when they were new, and noticed how smart they were, but I couldn't afford them. I was assembling my bikes from used parts! I first saw Rivendell bikes on the Internet, read Grant's blog about the trials of starting up Rivendell. I remember wandering the Sierra when people were packing Rivendell packs, which Grant is said to have named his company after. I carried a Kelty frame pack. The first Rivendell bike I saw in person was at a Seattle Bike Show in 1997. One beautiful bike, but nothing else, just a lonely guy sitting there next to it (not Grant). I was too shy to sit down and say hello. I got a used green Quickbeam and then got into Baggins bags and bike camping and How to Ride Happy. That's my era; I am not paleo, still vegequarium (some seafood now and then, otherwise good plants). Currently, the Quickbeam is mostly stock parts but overdressed (With a 9 speed SRAM I-9 planetary gear rear hub, Stainless Steel Berthoud fenders, racks, etc. It’s very comfortable, functional, and intrepid. I want to try a front loading, wider tired, lighter, more flexy, Rando Gravel bike someday, with fenders, along Bicycle Quarterly style lines, but if I win the lottery, I could ride a newer Rivendell. It really is the best time to be a cyclist, or a photographer!
My other bikes are a 1997 Cannondale F-1000 converted to city bike, and a 1970 Gitane 531DB road bike with old Simplex and Campangnolo bits. And a 1980s Gary Fisher Tandem! Splatter Paint! Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA My Photographs <https://billbgibson.myportfolio.com/> : https://billbgibson.myportfolio.com/ and on Behance: https://www.behance.net/BillGibson <https://billbgibson.myportfolio.com/> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 5:30 PM William deRosset <wmderos...@gmail.com> wrote: > MB1, Atlantis (Toyo) and a Heron Touring. Only the last has stayed with > me, and is on near-permanent loan to my trailer-pulling brother. That bike > is the best trailer tractor of all time. It is also the subject of one of > the best film-camera shots of my bikes ever. It is on the wall, not > scanned, so I won't share it, but it is a reminder of the Heron's > understated elegance and intrepid versatility. > > Proto-riv for me. > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M deRosset > Fort Collins CO USA > > -- > 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. > -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA My Photographs <https://billbgibson.myportfolio.com/> : https://billbgibson.myportfolio.com/ and on Behance: https://www.behance.net/BillGibson <https://billbgibson.myportfolio.com/> -- 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.
