I had the fairly surreal experience of seeing my first (and only) Riv in
the wild (an AHH) just after placing the order for my Sam frameset. It was
even my size, but alas I was working and unable to take him up on his offer
of letting me test-ride.
Other than folks in the know at shops, my Riv
Jon - I ride the Highline quite a bit as well as Lee Gulch and like you, I
am shocked if anyone ever recognized the bike. It's happened twice, and
both times on the AHH I had.
The usual comments / questions are more like, nice vintage, how old is it,
is that a Raleigh...I even had one guy
Nice! Only time I've had someone recognize my Rivendell here is when it was
one of the two other Riv owners in town (that I know of).
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 5:30:19 PM UTC-5, RJM wrote:
>
> I was on a charity ride in Missouri once with my Hillborne and had a
> couple of guys talk to me
I was on a charity ride in Missouri once with my Hillborne and had a couple
of guys talk to me for about twenty minutes about how awesome Rivs were.
They were riding some nicely restored vintage bikes. I told them that in my
opinion, Rivs are some of the best bikes on the road. I do believe
Never, ever had that experience. I've had (not exact quotes, but you get
the idea):
-- Hobbit!
-- Old school!
-- How'd you get here ... on THAT?
-- How'd you pass me ... on THAT? (after they pass me again once I get to a
pipe spot).
With abandon,
Patrick
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