I love this thread. I discovered bicycling-as-an-adult and Bridgestone about the same time. Picked up the '92 catalogue and fell in love with the whole unracer/just ride vibe. Joined BOB just as it was closing, which got me a Reader in the mail. My first Rivendell was a Romulus in '03, which I rode until moving into Recumbent World in '07. After about 5 years of that I picked up a Hilsen, which was a wonderful bike, but one size too big for me..I need more stand-over in my old age. I have several Bstones and couple other uprights in various stages of Riv-ism, and a recumbent trike now. I expect to be a Rivendell owner again eventually..probably the Bosco bike if it makes it to production. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:35:57 AM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > I knew of Rivendell long before I bought my first Riv bicycle, but my > first direct experience was purchasing a Quickbeam for the 2006 Big Fix > cross-country fixed gear ride. I was looking for a bike that would be > comfortable for multiple long days in the saddle (1,760 miles from > California to Kansas in 14 days), and the Quickbeam exceeded my > expectations. We (the bike and I) went on to ride Paris-Brest-Paris in > 2007, and many brevets, centuries, and double centuries. It's a marvelous > bike that never fails to draw appreciative comments from other riders. > > --Eric N > > On Aug 21, 2012, at 8:06 AM, lungimsam <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > So how did you originally find out about them, and why/where/how did you > get your first Rivendell bike? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/og7N-tA2hBgJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/WVdOuJe_SPUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
