I'm a recent member of the Rivendell owners community (officially), although I've been closely following Grant, his brand, and his philosophies for over 20 years now. In some ways, I feel like I've always sort-of been a Rivendell owner. However, after finally getting an opportunity to travel to Asheville to meet with so many other members of the Rivendell community, and better yet, getting to ride with them, was an experience that rivals many of the other memorable bike adventures I've had in those past 20 years! I'm still a bit reeling from how fun this past weekend was. Gary, you and all your local crew went above and beyond to make this event a success, and the hospitality and energy you brought to the weekend was amazing. Joel, thank you for heading up the routes for us; very thoughtful in the ride planning, and of course those fire roads were sublime. I'm very glad my Gus is currently the only Riv I own, because it made the bike selection easy - and it turned out to be a perfect match for the environment.
I expect you'll see the Kentucky crew again very soon, as we are already scheming on a return trip. Hoping also for another Riv meetup there... the Asheville location and wealth of opportunities seems hard to beat! sincerely, Brian from Lexington On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 9:41 AM Tim Bantham <tba...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is fantastic! Sorry I missed it. I was in Asheville back in 2016 and > loved the area. Visiting the Biltmore Estate was cool and there are some > great craft breweries as you all discovered. I need to try to make the next > one. Would love to get together will fellow Riv riders. > > On Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 9:31:50 AM UTC-4 Gary L wrote: > >> Just a quick recap from our fantastic Riv weekend in Asheville. >> >> It was a blast. Almost 25 riders from Indiana to FL, including 10 local >> folks. Everyone was great and the bikes were, as you can imagine, almost >> all rivs, but we did let in a bridgestone :). A Hunq, 5 Appaloosas, a >> couple of Atlanti, 3 or 4 gorgeous customs, the famous Betty Foy ridden >> 72.000 miles by Pam (yes 72K!), a purple Rosco Platypus, a pumpkin >> platypus, a couple of Sams, and two Salukis, a Gus, and probably some more >> that I'm forgetting. >> >> Some highlights: >> The River Arts District greenway ride followed by beer and dinner at New >> Belgium Brewing, where our bikes took up and spilled over the entire bike >> rack system. >> >> Our Bent Creek Gravel rides - three groups had a splendid day with not >> too hot temps, no rain, and perfect fire roads. >> >> Two friendly bears who realized they were in the poster and better make >> an appearance. >> >> Our bike parts garage sale, where everyone realized that we were all >> trying to get rid of lots of tires, stems, handlebars, bags, etc. that >> everyone else there already had. We all have a bike parts hoarding problem. >> >> Beer and dinner at The Wedge brewery Saturday night. >> >> The fabulous poster from Brian. >> >> All of the fun people that came together with amazing bikes, great >> personalities, and brought all of their fun to the weekend. >> >> Enthusiastic agreement that we should do it all again, maybe in during a >> fall or spring timeframe. >> >> And thanks to a very gracious offer from Leah, she put our pics and >> videos together into one of her great videos - THANK YOU, LEAH! A link to >> her video is below if you'd like to watch it. >> >> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0xG1CvrSGHQ6um >> > -- > 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/65e5bdfe-3913-4d49-ae94-615b83c9e7d1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/65e5bdfe-3913-4d49-ae94-615b83c9e7d1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAMKavSActkOF6ZChdtVSG%2BNrbpcKok-JHC7GeYEGCRhjbpQwqA%40mail.gmail.com.
