I considered myself a racer in the 80s (as was Grant, but he was faster than me from what I know), but I also toured and commuted by bike. I knew about Bridgestone, but I really started paying attention to the company when John Stamstad set the 24-hr mountain bike record on an XO-1 in 1991 or 2. That got me interested in GP's designs, and by then I was living in Walnut Creek so it was easy to follow the development of Rivendell. I remember the early Readers had Campy and Simplex parts, among other delights, and even a boomerang (replaced by hatchets now?).
As I got older and bars below my saddle became untenable, I paid more attention to GP's writings about bike fit and comfort. My first purchase from them was a set of 650B wheels and albatross bars so I could convert one of my race bikes, which wasn't really being written about until RR #33. That worked well, and I got hooked. happy trails! jim m walnut creek, ca -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9e07104d-a1fb-4d05-81be-d4b97ed3b8d5%40googlegroups.com.
