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
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Tom Goodmann tgoodm...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know enough about RBW and its Esteemed Founder to suss the
resonances that inspired the company
I'm pretty sure the etiology is written about in a Blug, but, in short,
it's inspired by Rivendell Mountain Works.
While it's true that the Rivendell name came from Rivendell Mountain Works,
and not necessarily from Tolkein's Rivendell, the references can't be
denied in the RBW products. Bombadil, Sackville, Baggins bags, Legolas.
Grant and company play on the references, which I think is cool.
Colin
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.
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:04:19 PM UTC-5, Leslie wrote:
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
Hahahaha! Perfect, Matt, perfect.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:17 PM, 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
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, colinthehippie wrote:
My third reading of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I just realized the
So true Matt, thank our lucky stars. Though if it was named after AS, the
tenor of this group would be entirely different in a race centric way. Man
I just gave my self the chills.
Hugh
Sunland, CA
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 10:23:10 AM UTC-8, Tom Goodmann wrote:
Hahahaha! Perfect, Matt,
