A Rivendell story: Grant and Rivendell restored my interest and joy in bicycles and riding in 1998 or 1999. I had some beautiful bikes back in the late 70's and early 80's; Mercian, Trek, Woodrup. Got a good ten years of riding through college and grad school, but then career and family sort of got in the way, and I didn't ride for probably ten years. Then, in the mid to late 90's, I started looking at bikes again, but they were strange - - I felt no connection or affinity for these bikes of the late 90's. I just couldn't get interested in those bikes; they held no currency for me. One night I was drinking beer at the Reverend Rex's house, complaining about how I didn't like modern bikes. He handed me a Rivendell catalog - and baby that was all she wrote. I saw steel, wool, and a less commercialized/boy-racer approach, and was immediately charmed. A week later, I stopped in Rivendell WHQ, got some wool shorts, then picked up a Heron Road, and started riding again. Got some Rolly-Polly that breathed new life into an old Jack Taylor, and eventually ordered a Rivendell Road custom. Now, life is filled with the rides, commutes, fellowship, and challenges that come from the bike. Life is richer when you ride your bike a lot. Thanks, Grant.
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