Per one blog I read, Frost River has a new owner as of the end
o'June, beginning of July. The new owner may, or may not be aware of the
past history. This should not change Grant's response, though.
Full disclosure - I purchased a couple of their bags before finding out
about the
Grant, et al.,
When I was looking for a Baggins-like bag I inquired at Frost River about
whether they were still in business or not. I received an email from the
guy that runs the place now, Chris Benson. Here is a snippet of his email:
As for the marketing stuff, here is some background...
Wherefore is it Rivendale to some? I just don't get it. Why is this so common?
OK, gotta get outside and enjoy July 4th.
On Jul 3, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Brett Lindenbach wrote:
Grant, et al.,
When I was looking for a Baggins-like bag I inquired at Frost River about
whether they were still in
Hey Jordan,
During the Rivendell garage sale I was able to pick up some tweed
bags. One I let my little brother borrow and another one I have
sitting somewhere in the apartment. If your interested I might be
willing to sell it. I want to have a reason to keep it but alas I have
too many bags and
I would love to buy a medium-capacity handlebar bag that (1) straps to
the handlebars (requires no rack, hangs down close to steering axis),
and (2) has a couple of pockets facing the rider that can be accessed
while riding. Something like a (smaller) version of the old Baggins
Hobo bag, which
Grant, I think you pegged it; the Baggins bags were gone before I
discovered Riv, but I'm really enamored w/ those round badges, and a bag
named Baggins... just perfect for expert treasure hunters...
And, I will admit I've been aware of Duluth for ages, decades, always liked
their 'classic'
Dan is pretty spot-on, your best bet is trying to get someone here to
sell you theirs. As someone who's now got a mix of baggins, ns tweed,
carradice and berthoud bags, at some point you have to embrace the un-
matchiness (if that's what you're after).
On Jul 2, 12:47 pm, Dan Abelson
What are you looking for anyway?
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I'll bring this up once every 20 months or so, at most.
Frost River stole our designs and calls them their own. The guy there
is nice enough, but got desperate, and did this. He goofed up too many
bags in major ways, and was 3 months behind on delivery. We lent him
money, did all the right nice
