I owned a 1991 BR-1. Lost that bike to a theft, but didn't lose track of
Bridgestone. I was on the iBOB list back then, until the traffic got too
be too much to follow.
Somewhere in 1994 I saw an ad announcing that Grant had started up
Rivendell. I subscribed to the Reader starting with the
Comfort. Function. Fun. Sounds like an unofficial Riv motto.
On Sunday, August 26, 2012 9:53:57 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
Here's mine:
* 2009:* Got a modern 10-speed. Compact frame, aluminum/composite
material, and spent the next two years trying to go as fast as possible.
Why?
*1984*: Bought a too-small Trek 620 touring bike. Rode it for 20 years,
becoming increasingly annoyed with stiff neck and sore shoulders.
*Mid-2000s:* Now in my 40s, I decided to do something about it. Added
clamp-on aero bars sticking straight up like antlers. Absurd, but
effective. But I
Back in the '90s Grant was a product manager for Bridgestone.
I bought a red RB-1 when Bridgestone was going out of business in the US -
still riding this with over 30,000 miles on it, and, amazingly, the
original rear hub and spokes (the rim has been replaced 4 or 5 times). No
broken spokes
On Monday, August 27, 2012 4:02:16 AM UTC-4, Evan wrote:
Comfort. Function. Fun. Sounds like an unofficial Riv motto.
They could put that in latin on the next new model's head badge.
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In 1996, a friend passed along to me a Rivendell catalog that he'd received
in the mail. At the time, I didn't ride a bike or care about bikes, but I
cared about catalogs (I'm a copywriter). Well, that RBW catalog rocked my
world. I read it into the small hours. After all these years I'm still
Yeah, those catalogs were brilliant; pretty down-to-earth with an honest
voice and sense of humor. Classic. That's what sold me.
-Steve DeMont
Seattle
On Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:24:24 PM UTC-7, Evan wrote:
In 1996, a friend passed along to me a Rivendell catalog that he'd
received in
A Rivendell story:
Grant and Rivendell restored my interest and joy in bicycles and riding in
1998 or 1999.
I had some beautiful bikes back in the late 70's and early 80's; Mercian,
Trek, Woodrup. Got a good ten years of riding through college and grad
school, but then career and family
On Sunday, August 26, 2012 8:30:42 AM UTC-7, reynoldslugs wrote:
A Rivendell story:
p.s. since the Heron and the Emerald Green Road Standard, I seem to have
acquired a few more as well. Here is the Emerald Green custom:
At age 29 in 2008, I decided to get a bike because a handful of coworkers
influenced me to start riding (and keep in mind that I had not been on a
bike since I was 6 years old). I started out with a Bianchi Volpe
cyclocross bike because it was an affordable do-it-all bike. Shortly after
Grant, enhanced by beer. I can relate to that!
Patrick most people are born two drinks under par Moore
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:30 AM, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote:
A Rivendell story:
Grant and Rivendell restored my interest and joy in bicycles and riding in
1998 or 1999.
I had
Beautiful -- bike, setting -- and the bags. What bags are those? How
does the front attach? And what are those tires?
Entirely unasked for, I know, but I can't help re-re-re-re-re-posting
my own two customs (which I've been riding up hills this weekend --
great fun, even tho' I do 1/10 of the
Here's mine:
* 2009:* Got a modern 10-speed. Compact frame, aluminum/composite
material, and spent the next two years trying to go as fast as possible.
Why? Because I liked going fast, and thought it would be good to be able to
keep up with others, if needed. As if... I wasn't a racer,
I think Google just ate my reply! Great topic, by the way.
The short version:
1. 1997(?) Magazine article - All-Rounder bike and rider contrasted
against new Cannondale MTB
2. rec.bicycles.tech newsgroup and iBOB email list. Rivendell Reader
subscription.
3. Sheldon Brown and fixed gear bikes.
Like many here, I was a fan of Riv and used their parts and philosophy for
a long time before I took the plunge (this year) on a Quickbeam, which is
recently built up and awesome! (Pics once I get my grubby hands on a
Titanico X).
Basically, i started riding seriously in high school, around
In early 2006, I was looking for a handlebar replacement for my old beach
cruiser. Wasn't even looking for another bike. My internet search led me
to Rivendell (their old website, the one which had reviews from folks who
bought Riv bikes, like the Wilbury (remember that one?); the one that
Rode far and wide on the Motobecane Super Mirage of my youth. Racked up
miles unquantified, explored both the country and city of St. Louis from
which we lived near to the northwest. Even rode on the Honda trails in
the woods behind the moto dealer. Cycling became organic to me.
College in
With the money from my first job pumping gas in 1971 I purchased a Schwinn
Super Sport, fillet-brazed steel, typical mid-70s road bike build. Loved
that bike. Rode it off and on (mostly on) through high school, college,
first job, grad school and even commuted on it to my first job post-grad
I had been in a gnarly bicycle accident on my old trek road bike in 2008. I
was a victim of a hit and run in san francisco and i shattered my left leg.
All of this put me in the hospital for six weeks and over a year of rehab
and walking aids and surgeries after that. So far I've had seven
Rode a lot a lot as a kid, we used to carry shovels and hoes around to
carve paths out of the woods which we traversed largely on the schwinn
offering of the day. But (cue bike snob) stopped riding when my sister
went off to college and I got the keys to the CJ7. My two-wheeler,
while topless,
I drooled over the Romulus ad on the Harris Cyclery web site and kept
hoping that someday I could afford one. By the time I could, they were not
carried any more. (I hadn't yet caught on the the generally brief window of
opportunity for ANY Rivendell offering) Not to shed too many tears for that
Here's my datapoint for the Rivendell marketing department...
Let's see- somehow in the 90s I got ahold of a couple Bridgestone
catalogues, which I still have in my possession. Then I met Grant at a
bike show at the Cow Palace in SF, in the early aughts. By then my Trek
560 was around 15 yrs
Back in '2002, I was interested in a new touring/commute bike to replace my
Specialized road bike and GT MTB. After doing some research on the web,
Rivendell kept popping up, went to their website, and liked Grant's story
and pitch about lugs and steel, and voila--I ordered my Atlantis.
-Steve
I guess I'm really the new kid on the block.
As a kid I had a series of cheap dept store bikes and a couple that my dad
built up from frames and spare parts. I even had a Schwinn Stingray type
bike but it was stolen, along with every other bike I owned up to that
point. As I got a
Beats the crap out of me! I think I was dreaming and surfing about a
custom (in the seventies, I dreamed of a Bayliss frame). That led to a
bookmark on my browser years ago, years of obsessive browsing, one
-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?
Beats the crap out of me! I think I was dreaming and surfing about a custom
(in the seventies, I dreamed of a Bayliss frame). That led to a bookmark on my
browser years ago, years of obsessive browsing, one
In my adult years, I've always ridden steel 700c bikes, and although I
looked at Rivendell for a while, I didn't want to plunge into 650b
bikes, which are the right size for my PBH. After a crash caused by
cracked roads led to the death of a fellow local rider, I decided to
ride road bikes with a
-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?
The Like-Minded Crazies
(An alternate name for The Rivendell Owners Bunch)
Dat's Us!
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on
behalf of Marc
-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?
The Like-Minded Crazies
(An alternate name for The Rivendell Owners Bunch)
Dat's Us!
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on
behalf
Long story short. About ten years ago I was just learning and searching the
web for information on Touring / Commuting bikes and came across this.
http://www.etherfarm.com/synapse/archives/i_want_to_ride_my_bicycle/
I fell in love with the XO-1 on first site. That lead me to the bobish
I saw a specialized mtn bike with alba bars and was so enamored by the
beautiful curves of the bars that I asked about them. --Andy
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:06:10 AM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
So how did you originally find out about them, and why/where/how did you
get your first
@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?
I saw a specialized mtn bike with alba bars and was so enamored by the
beautiful curves of the bars that I asked about them. --Andy
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:06:10 AM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
So how did you originally find out about them
I rediscovered bicycling in late 1994 and bought my first modern road bike
in early 1995. It was actually lugged steel, a Performance bike. I
happily rode it for a few years, training for and riding my first Century.
But I was under the go-fast, weight-weeny spell and upgraded to a titanium
I picked up some of the last few years of the Bridgestone catalogs
(1992, 1993, 1994) for which Grant Petersen lavished much effort and
creativity. A bit later, I began reading about the development of the
Rivendell bicycles (from around 1994, after Bridgestone withdrew from
the U.S. market) in
It doesn't seem so long ago, but the mid 1990s era was a different bicycle
world. Steel was dead, road riding was stagnant and those frames were
moving to aluminum and titanium. Mountain bikes were getting complex with
suspension. There was little internet use, thus we were not all
I used to work at Baskin Robbins for 8 years. About every other Saturday my
buddy Will would come by on his bike to get a scoop of ice
cream. Intrigued that he biked everywhere I figured I needed a hobby for
the summer so I asked him one Saturday where would be a good place to buy a
bike. He
Way back in the day I convinced my parents that a road bike was what I
needed and they fronted me the $ so I could go to REI in Berkeley to pick
something out. Spent a fair amount of time there chatting with familiar
sales guys and ended up with a Peugeot. Actually memory is fuzzy from the
Like many folks on here (I'm guessing) the bicycle truly was my first taste
of freedom in the small town where I grew up. Hence I am a bicycle
fanatic, and inevitably came to Rivendell from riding vintage bikes and
BMX, and being accustomed to steel as a frame material that is reliable
even
Like many folks on here (I'm guessing) the bicycle truly was my first taste
of freedom in the small town where I grew up. Hence I am a bicycle
fanatic, and inevitably came to Rivendell from riding vintage bikes and
BMX, and being accustomed to steel as a frame material that is reliable
even
I received a catalog from them at a Seattle bike show..heck it could
have been Grant who handed it too me. I had been riding a recumbent until
then but had a Bianchi race bike back in the 80's and a Nishiki 'touring'
bike that I had Davidson cycles modify and paint. My wife and I also owned
Great conversation! Now we need to read your story @lungisam!!!
Anyway, my parents bought my an '84 Allez while in HS. Rode it all over
during HS and college. Serious, a lot of miles on that bike, but I did
figure out it was a bit too small for me (a 58cm) and that it didn't quite
fit the bigger
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