[RBW] Sackville (Baggins) Reference

2013-03-06 Thread colinthehippie
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

[RBW] Sackville (Baggins) Reference

2013-03-06 Thread Aaron Young
Jim is right. If I recall correctly from some interview he gave, although the LOTR connection was appreciated by Grant, the attitude and philosophy of RMW was what he really was modeling. He wanted to run a company like RMW, but with bikes. But as later product names attest, perhaps the Tolkien

Re: [RBW] Sackville (Baggins) Reference

2013-03-06 Thread jimD
Well done! On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Matt Beebe matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just glad these good bikes that Grant Petersen designs aren't named after Atlas Shrugged, and this isn't the John Galt BW Owner's bunch. On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 11:39:21 AM UTC-5,