Grant, enhanced by beer. I can relate to that! Patrick "most people are born two drinks under par" Moore
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:30 AM, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote: > > 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. > > -- > 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/-/J8vcTdj-TUsJ. > > 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. -- "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." -- Claude Cockburn ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
