I rediscovered bicycling in late 1994 and bought my first modern road bike in early 1995. It was actually lugged steel, a Performance bike. I happily rode it for a few years, training for and riding my first Century. But I was under the go-fast, weight-weeny spell and upgraded to a titanium frame when I got the chance. Through the years, I was on the bicycle forums and websites more often than I was on the bike. But I did put quite a few miles on the Ti bike, and I still love it. I knew about Rivendell, but thought they were terribly expensive. I also remember pricing a Heron when I was shopping early-on, and I couldn't afford it.
After being essentially off the bike for several years, I started tinkering and modifying my steel frame for my daughter, who had become a pretty serious cyclist. She was delighted with the result. In the course of looking for parts for her bike, I became reacquainted with RBW and also Velo Orange, which is local to me. And that in turn lead to some riding on my own, some modding of the titanium bike, and lots of window shopping at the RBW site and others. Late in 2010 I got the lust for a Riv, specifically a Sam. It was still pushing the budget me, even though I had a little more leeway than I had in 1994. I didn't end up getting a Sam, but saw a 51 Bleriot on eBay and had to bid for it. Got into a rather furious bidding war at the end (much to the delight of the seller, I'm sure), and ended up winning it, for a bit more than I had hoped. I was thrilled, to say the least. I delighted in building it up with a mix of my road STI drivetrain parts, some lightly used Rivish parts that I already had, and new parts from Riv and Velo Orange. I am trying to become worthy of this bike. Cheers, Steve On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:06:10 AM UTC-4, lungimsam 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/-/DQTUVfIXPyQJ. 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.
