That's fun to hear about, since I read the "Bike Cult" book around the same time I was getting to know Rivendell.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 20, 2012, at 6:20 PM, gep71...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm sure NYC has lots of good bike shops, or at least a handful---I of course > wouldn't know---but I have a thing for Dave Perry, and kind of a long > history, although it's all recent news to me. He attended my book talk when I > was in NYC and was super gracious, really nice. He introduced himself and I > recognized him barely but knew his name from his Bike Cult book of many years > ago. I hooked up with an old Bstone cow-orker now living in Brooklyn, and we > were walking in that part of town (lower east side, I think it is) and saw > the same purple Zeus bike that I'd seen earlier outside the place I spoke at. > It was outside a bike shop (BikeWorks NYC), which Dave said was his, so we > went in and ----- if the do sell aluminum or carbon, I didn't seen any. It's > small, but a really good shop. I talked to Ben and --- either Willard or > Travis, sorry, another mechanic--and Dave, and I asked him where he grew up > and he said Redwood City, CA, and then for me (maybe won't be to you) it got > interesting. He said he raced, and I knew of a Dave Perry (2x district > champion on the road), and it was him. We know lots of the same people. > The thing about Dave is, he is SOOOOOOOOOO unracy, or at least not racy in an > annoying way. He knows that world and those bikes and I doubt there's anybody > with a broader range of bike knowledge than Dave. But you'd never know it, > because he's so low key, as is his shop. It's like finding Bob Dylan owning a > record store and working the counter, stocking the bins. > I like NYC and I've always thought it would be good to have a dealer there, > so I have been talking to Dave about it. He has no room, but he likes the > bikes, and we sold him that Sam so he could get a feel for them. > It seems like a good fit, but I have too much respect for Dave and for myself > (and too much pride) to beg. We aren't looking for dealers at all, anyway. > WHen we sell to a dealer, we cut our margin to essentially nothing so the > dealer can make the money--the alternative being to raise the prices to make > room for us AND the dealer to make money, but then a $2300 bike would cost > $2600, and when our normal way is to sell direct, it just doesn't make sense. > Still, I hope he becomes a dealer, and he is the only dealer in the country > we don't have that I really pine for....but whether he is or not, I totally > recommend him--as do others, I see. > He grew up in Redwood City, CA, about an hour-by-car from here, and we raced > at the same time. There were some overlapping years of it, anyway. I > > On Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:37:08 PM UTC-7, Jimmy Hutch wrote: > I spied my first look at a beautiful Sam Hillborne while visiting Bikeworks > NYC this afternoon. Bikeworks NYC (http://bikecult.com/works/) had a new Sam > with double top tube, albatross bars, bar end shifters and cork grips on > display. It was only the 3rd Rivendell I have seen up close, the first being > my AHH, the second an Atlantis belonging to a guy from Pittsburgh who was in > NYC for the 5-borough bike tour. I had to buy my AHH having never seen a > Rivendell, so if anyone is in the market, I highly suggest stopping by to see > the Sam in person. > > I dropped my AHH off for some routine maintenance and they were very > accommodating. I'll report back on the quality of service when I pick it up. > > -Jimmy > > > -- > 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/-/hvZ8IchJBpwJ. > 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. -- 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.
