*1984*: Bought a too-small Trek 620 touring bike. Rode it for 20 years, becoming increasingly annoyed with stiff neck and sore shoulders.
*Mid-2000s:* Now in my 40s, I decided to do something about it. Added clamp-on aero bars sticking straight up like antlers. Absurd, but effective. But I couldn't reach the down tube shifters. Bought bar-end shifters and discovered that the Trek didn't have braze-ons for cable stops on the down tube. Googled "clamp-on cable stops" and voila! Riv was the only place selling them. I ordered them and started reading the Riv literature. It made sense to me. *2007: *After continually modifying the Trek with Riv-supplied parts (B17, Alba, Moustache, multiple stems, Rich-built 700C wheels, fenders, etc), I received permission to buy a Rivendell as a birthday present from my wife, so I ordered one of the last Rambouillets (a blue display model). Ten thousand miles later, it continues to be my favorite bike. (The Trek, with a stem raiser, trekking bars, fenders, racks, baskets, dynamo hub, lights, is my commuter and tourer.) 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/-/9UZjciFFZmAJ. 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.
