This is pretty close to my experience except b-stones were 93 xo1 and mb4.
1st official Riv purchase was a superbe xc pro rear derailler (still on my
Atlantis) and tshirt!
Very proud and happy owner of 1998 Heron Road and a Made in Wisconsin
Atlantis.
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 2:13:43
A bike geek since I was 11 or so, I discovered Bridgestone in 1991 when I went
shopping for a mountain bike to take to college. Couldn’t swing the MB-1 I
wanted so I bought a General Pro Shadow.
In the late ‘90’s I attended Interbike for work and bought an Atlantis. (Still
have, many miles and
Oh yeah, I knew I was boned when I saw I was the only one with a 50” low gear.
Fixed gear up, grinding out a cadence that kept me moving, and then dying after
three turns and watching everyone I’d passed pass me back. I pulled a freewheel
out of the bar bag at the top and coasted down, though.
I remember Philip's Quickbeam on a Riv shop ride, which would have been when
his bike and my Romulus (both first Rivs) were fairly new..I'm guessing this
was 2005. I remember because everyone was talking to him at the ranger station
about how crazy it was to ride a singlespeed up Mt. Diablo! My
Awesome thread - thanks for starting it. Thanks everyone for their stories,
too!
I read about Rivendell in a 1996(?) magazine comparison of “two kinds of
cyclists,” one of whom was on a Rivendell. I think the other bike was a
Cannondale, but I’m not even sure if it was a mountain bike or a
Found out about Rivendell around 2000 when’s researching a new bicycle
Pulled the trigger in 2003 for a Quickbeam based on Sheldon Brown’s articles
The Quickbeam showed up in 2004
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PBP on a fixed gear. Pretty impressive!
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Early 2000’s fixie craze. I converted a number of lugged Japanese toad bikes to
fixed and then single speed bikes. Got the taste for lugs and classic looks.
rivendell (and velo orange) sold brakes and other parts that Made these
conversions easier. That was my introduction. Coincidentally, a
Thanks for all the delightful stories and photos! This has been so fun to read
through today! Keep those Irvin stories coming.
Abe
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I learned about Rivendell in 1997 when I was educating myself Online on
high-end steel road frames and manufacturers. I ended up buying a Waterford but
became a Riv member shortly thereafter and continued to follow them along with
BQ. I’d always wanted an Atlantis When they were introduced but
I guess around 88-89 I had a pretty decent job and I'd gotten a nice bonus, I
was looking to replace the custom Cruiser I had built with a mountain bike. My
buddy was managing a bike shop in Austin and said he'd help me choose
something. I drove up from Houston and looked at what he had, the
Eric, looking at the photo of you next to your Quickbeam, I'm flummoxed. In
which direction did Riv think you should go, larger frame or smaller, or
sideways to a different model?
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 11:02:40 AM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote:
> Side note: As readers of this list know,
I'm an original True Believer. My initiation to being an adult cycling person
was going to a Bridgestone shop with a friend and seeing the XO-1 with
Moustache Handlebars in the catalogue they gave me. I eventually bought a '94
XO-3 and signed up for the Bridgestone Owner's Bunch, which got
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