Realized while heading home on Sunday (and it was brought home by looking
at Jim's photos) that no one photographed the water crossings. The Rustic
Road we took in Wisconsin had four of 'em. No one crashed or got overly
wet, although we came close on one. Still, it's something you don't see
It's a shame that nobody captured the high drama of the water crossings on film
or pixels. I guess we'll have to go back there soon.
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And I'm the one in the long sleeve seersucker shirt with blue helmet and
the Hobo handlebar bag on the early Sam Hillborne.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
I'll identify myself with a nice run-on sentence. In
Well that was so fun it was ridiculous. Great photos Ted and Eric, even
better route - many thanks Jim Thill. Oh, and my Hilsen thanks you too, it
needed the gravel therapy. Of course, I was punished for leaving the group
at Stockholm with 25 miles of headwind back to Red Wing. At least the
And I'm the dapper gal attired in the harris tweed vest, stetson (yes,
stetson) wool driving cap, Ibex pinstriped knickers, macrostie town
country boots (http://www.bigfoottrail.com/repair.html), and those luscious
beloved most sadly discontinued gray wool monkey socks. (I provide these
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Liesl li...@smm.org wrote:
And I'm the dapper gal attired in the harris tweed vest, stetson (yes,
stetson) wool driving cap, Ibex pinstriped knickers, macrostie town
country boots (http://www.bigfoottrail.com/repair.html), and those luscious
beloved most
I'm the guy in the blue shirt riding the Hunq with the Slickersack up front.
It was truly a memorable weekend - really great to meet Ted, Sean, Eric and all
the rest of the crew with special thanks to Jim for his excellent leadership.
The Maiden Rock to Stockholm leg via the Rustic Rd was
Thanks for the kind words Bobby. But I'm going to have to disagree with
you. I strongly believe that Grant's attitude with bikes and he tenacity to
develop products and bikes that not only caters to the needs of normal
people but also brings like minded normal people together. It's only
Thanks to everybody who joined this event! Here's my synopsis of events, in
mostly photo-format.
http://hiawathacyclery.blogspot.com/2012/06/photos-from-rivendell-rally-of-2012.html
On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:06:09 PM UTC-5, Doug Magney wrote:
I'm the guy in the blue shirt riding the Hunq
The route sounds and looks amazing. I hope a Rivendell Rally can be setup
like this on the west coast
On Sunday, June 3, 2012 5:22:21 PM UTC-7, EricP wrote:
Ted,
Excellent photos. Glad to have finally met you in person, both at the
shop on Thursday and the ride on Saturday. Today's part
Manny:
You realize that Riv Rally East was partially motivated by the group
rides you all frequently enjoy in the Bay Area... You've got so many
riders and so many great places to ride... to me it seems like you've
been doing Riv Rallies on a regular basis for years...
That said, I think you
I just got back to HC, steeling my nerves for the last 5 miles home. I want
to thank everybody who attended for the WONDERFUL weekend of riding. As
predicted, we had between 10 and 500 riders most of the time, and each was
an exemplary individual. I think Jim M and I rounded out the weekend
On Jun 4, 9:39 am, Allingham II, Thomas J
thomas.alling...@skadden.com wrote:
Great pics, Ted. Can you put names to some of the faces?
I'm afraid I can only put first names. Jim Jim, a little help here??
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I'll identify myself with a nice run-on sentence. In Ted's photos, I'm
wearing a blue t-shirt and I have a buzzcut and I'm riding the green bike
with brown tires and I just discovered a new enthusiasm for adhering more
strictly to my paleo diet because it looks like I'm plumping up a bit. A
Thanks for the pics Ted. One ride I wanted to attend was this but my
work load said no way. I knew Jim would put together a great ride.
Jim looks like he's going to cross te continental divide. Nice
pictures and now I'll try to slip out of my state of manic depression
for not being able to make
Ted,
Excellent photos. Glad to have finally met you in person, both at the shop
on Thursday and the ride on Saturday. Today's part of the ride was another
adventure, but I bailed out before the last serious gravel climb of the
day. All told, the trip was 80 plus miles with about 20 or so on
Great pics, looks like an awesome ride.
Can't wait to see more pics.
BB
On Jun 3, 1:12 pm, Ted Durant teddur...@gmail.com wrote:
The weather gods smiled upon Jim Thill's excellent organization of the Riv
Rally Midwest. Unfortunately, I had to leave at the end of Saturday. I'm sure
they're
I think it worked that time. It'll be great to ride with you, JB.
Everybody who's pledged to attend this event is a true gentleman, except that
one guy, but he knows who he is. Speaking of gentlemen, I'm not sure that we
have any ladies planning to come. Not sure that I blame them for having
Looking forward to the book signing and the rally. My new 62 Hunqa frame should
arrive within a week or so. I want to have it built up and ready to go for all
the festivities.
On Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:00:05 PM UTC-5, EricP wrote:
Going to be making the signing and the Rally. Will be my
Apparently my attachment failed according to notice I received, although it
came through in my copy.
Very Grant can be seen here, too:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111838829033930119881/albums/5739556532803227729
-jb
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:50 PM, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for all the fussing. Maybe the whole message failed so here is that
again, too:
Thank you, Jim, for setting this up, being the host and taking care of
details. I appreciate your efforts and your hospitality. Should be a
great time. I look forward to seeing many Riv fans.
I expect to
Yep, planning to have plenty of books for sale. I expect them to arrive any
day now.
On Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:25:23 PM UTC-5, meehan...@gmail.com wrote:
I plan to be there for the book event. I assume you'll have plenty of
copies of Grant's book for sale Jim? I don't know about the ride
No discussion on this, but I've received a couple emails from people who
asked about this, and thought I might move it to the top of the feed for a
few minutes. I've heard from a handful of out-of-towners who are coming in
for the Grant book thing and/or for the Riv Rally. And I've heard from a
I plan to be there for the book event. I assume you'll have plenty of
copies of Grant's book for sale Jim? I don't know about the ride yet. I'm
going to try to make some portion of it at least...
Shaun Meehan
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com
Going to be making the signing and the Rally. Will be my most extensive
ride with camping gear. In fact, changed a few things around in the
schedule to make sure it would happen.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:25:23 PM UTC-5, meehan...@gmail.com wrote:
I plan to be
For those interested in making hotel reservations for the overnight in
Wabasha on June 2, I've been told that the website of the biggest hotel
there, Americinn, shows that the place is booked. I've also been told that
the website is inaccurate and that there may be still rooms available, but
Sounds like a winner - I'm interested
Doug
On Jan 13, 7:16 pm, Forrest ftme...@me.com wrote:
Jim, I would make you a fair deal on my 58 cm Atlantis, but I know you've
been down that path before, and then I would be Rivless. But then I could
get a new, different Riv. Hmmm . . . -- Forrest
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I would be interested.
On Jan 13, 6:29 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
wrote:
Just reading about the Riv Rally East in another thread. Jeez, that sounds
fun. I briefly contemplated a trip eastward, but then I thought, why not
just do it here? I know lots of great routes
Great set of photos! It's great to see so many Rivendell's in the
wild! I also enjoyed seeing that old Trek Multitrack in the mix. I
ride a mid-90's Multitrack and truly love the bike! I look forward to
making it out to California so I can go by Rivendell and try the
Hunqapillar!
On Jan 14,
I'm in. Wisconsin has beautiful hills and it'd be fun to take the
ferry across Lake Michigan to meet everyone.
I'd be bringing a crew from Michigan with me, at least 3 but probably
more like 6.
Whoa. Strange if there were more people at the Riv rally Midwest than
out west.
Amit
On Jan 13,
This whole concept sounds good. Count me in.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On Jan 14, 7:17 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
wrote:
The Lake Pepin area, where they do the 3-speed tour, is a likely venue.
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Sounds like a hoot. I'd seriously consider making the trek from
Colorado for this!
On Jan 13, 4:29 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
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Just reading about the Riv Rally East in another thread. Jeez, that sounds
fun. I briefly contemplated a trip eastward, but then I
Might be as close to me as any Riv. ride ever gets. I'd sure try to make the
trek across Nebraska and through Iowa. david
On Jan 14, 2012, at 9:38 AM, thalasin wrote:
Sounds like a hoot. I'd seriously consider making the trek from
Colorado for this!
On Jan 13, 4:29 pm, Jim Thill -
I'm definitely interested. Let's get a date on the calendar soon to
block it out.
It's possible I'll ride there and back, duplicating much of my
Milwaukee-Northfield ride a couple years ago.
It's probable I'll not be riding a Rivendell, though. I'm most of the
way done installing the rear fender
Let's try June 1-3 in Red Wing, MN. The riding part will be on the 2nd and
3rd, so locals could show up in the morning on the 2nd to save a hotel
night in Red Wing. The overnight location would be Wabasha, MN, where there
are several hotels and restaurants and other services. I believe the city
I've ridden that area with Jim in the past and it's a great ride. I'll come
as long as I'm in town that weekend.
Shaun Meehan
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If we can get a Chicago group together to car pool, I'd love to join the
rally. Otherwise, there's always Amtrak :)
Kevin Mulcahy
Chicago, IL
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Amtrak to Winona or St Paul, and Red Wing is a nice 60 mile ride. Red Wing
has Amtrak, but no luggage service. If you have a coupled bike or a folder,
you can Amtrak to Red Wing with bike as carry-on.
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And I guess I'd need to get a new bike, since I'm currently Rivless.
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Dawn and I were at the Velo show in Madison last year when we were finalizing
the ordering of our tandem. The biking up there from the little bit we had
time to do was fantastic. We'd love to get back up there.
What size bike you need?
Kelly
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Oh, I have lots of bikes, some quite Riv-ish, and I'm sure I can come up
with something. I don't need much provocation to get a new bike, I ride a
57-59 in the classic Riv scheme, but 52-56 in the Hillborne scheme. I have
a Curt Goodrich, and he used to build for Riv, so that may be close
I just just thinking if you came to ST Louis we had a 61 in riv.. but a nice
Lemond 57 cm with 70x28's or disk brake ocr tour giant with 700x35's ... but
then ... a new bike sounds even better.
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GREAT IDEA!!
On Jan 13, 6:29 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
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Just reading about the Riv Rally East in another thread. Jeez, that sounds
fun. I briefly contemplated a trip eastward, but then I thought, why not
just do it here? I know lots of great routes where the
Sure, I'd be interested. -- Forrest (Iowa City)
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yeah, count me in (pending schedules of course)! Nice idea, Jim.
Liesl
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Jim, I would make you a fair deal on my 58 cm Atlantis, but I know you've
been down that path before, and then I would be Rivless. But then I could
get a new, different Riv. Hmmm . . . -- Forrest
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