At age 29 in 2008, I decided to get a bike because a handful of coworkers influenced me to start riding (and keep in mind that I had not been on a bike since I was 6 years old). I started out with a Bianchi Volpe cyclocross bike because it was an affordable do-it-all bike. Shortly after purchasing the bike and getting hooked on cycling, a fellow automobile enthusiast turned me on to Nashbar, Bikeman, and Rivbike for spare parts. I would later come to find that my buddy was also a huge enthusiast of Bridgestone and Waterford bicycles.
In visiting the Riv web site, I spent a lot of time reading all of the great articles on bike materials, the shoes ruse, and the importance of having fun on a bike. Slowly, I started to get away from the spandex/skinny tire manifesto because wide tires and pretty silver bike parts were coming back in fashion. Luckily, Velo-Orange was just starting to blow up, so I had another source for parts to swap onto my Bianchi. In December of 2010, I had just noticed that the orange Sam Hillbornes arrived and I put in an order immediately. With a stockpile of parts, I built up my Sam and sold my Bianchi. I've been riding that bike almost daily since its purchase and it has gone through many different variations---currently a 1x9 no fenders and a rando bag that I made. In the past year, I picked up a "poor-mans-Homer" as an errand bike that I wouldn't mind locking up in public areas. So, I've got the Sam for weekend rides with the wife and the occasional century ride. And I've got a Soma Smoothie (great bike by the way) for my commute to work and errands around town). Naturally, the Smoothie has 28c tires, a Brooks saddle, and the Riv standard drivetrain. On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:06:10 AM UTC-7, 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/-/GQ7vD-GMkWIJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
