I teach courses on Tolkien's sources and fictions, and these Riv references add new dimension to LOTR for me. I don't know enough about RBW and its Esteemed Founder to suss the resonances that inspired the company name and those of some products, but of course a general sense of elvishness is clear: elves make things that are beautiful and useful. As Wlliam Morris said, "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." And that may be said of certain bicycles, indeed.
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 11:39:21 AM UTC-5, colinthehippie wrote: > > My third reading of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I just realized the > Sackville reference by our friends at RBW. It's funny when you recognize > it in the Sackville Bags name. I must be pretty dense. > > Cheers and happy reading/riding, > > Colin Cummings > Amarillo, tx > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
