I picked up some of the last few years of the Bridgestone catalogs (1992, 1993, 1994) for which Grant Petersen lavished much effort and creativity. A bit later, I began reading about the development of the Rivendell bicycles (from around 1994, after Bridgestone withdrew from the U.S. market) in the Bicycle Guide magazines of the period. At some point, I subscribed to Grant's Rivendell Reader from the first copy (green cover, "never again") and then ordered a Rivendell Road Standard bike in 1996. I had the bike painted a custom color, "Light Saddle Metallic", that was one of the colors available for the first generation Waterford era Schwinn Paramounts, introduced in 1981. I also had the frame pin striped (this was all done at the Waterford Wisconsin bike company). With some difficulty (I had to get Grant to intervene) I was able to get them to paint match a Silca frame pump.
Since that time I've kept up with Rivendell's various activities with the Rivendell Reader, catalogs and the on-line website. Bought lots of "stuff" from Riv over the years. Rivendell and Grant Petersen have really done much for the bike industry, he's one of a kind. Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Aug 21, 8:06 am, lungimsam <[email protected]> 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 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.
