[RBW] Inventory Management Project - buy a hub

[John G.]

Anyone ride a new Homer? I’ve seen few ride reports of them. Have you taken 
yours on a late season brevet, or did you load it up with presents and ride to 
your family’s place for the holidays? Share your views! I’d love to get one—I’m 
lucky to have the money, but I just don’t have the space at the moment. Maybe I 
can find the space to squirrel away a frameset...

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[RBW] Inventory Management Project - buy a hub

[Bill Schairer]

“3.  43-tooth outer chainring.  Riv had a bunch of Silver brand chainrings 
made, sometimes in unusual but sensible sizes.  I stocked up on the 35T size 
which enabled an application that would have been difficult otherwise.  A lot 
of us run a 44-tooth outer chainring.  Many of us even run a 42-tooth big ring. 
 How many of us run a 43?  Very few, because "nobody" makes a 43.  Rivendell 
Bicycle Works has 143 43T outer chainrings in stock (110mm BCD).  At $38 a pop, 
that's $5,500 of inventory that they could be using elsewhere.  Grab one or two 
of them, and you'll smile at your next build when you have it ready.  You'll be 
the only kid on the block with a 43T big ring.  Chainrings also look super cool 
hanging over your workbench”

H, I’ve got a 46t hanging on the wall.  I bet I could do a good half-step 
with a 43 middle and 46 outer.  Drives me crazy that all anyone makes is even 
tooth counts.

Bill S

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[RBW] Inventory Management Project - buy a hub

[Bill Lindsay]

There's been a few sincere desire to assist Rivendell threads recently.  In 
one of those threads, I suggested that if you want to help any small 
business that carries inventory, buy something that they have in stock.  
Here were my actual suggested examples from that thread:  

1. You will definitely go through 6 inner tubes of size X in the next year 
or two.  Buy six inner tubes (or other consumables) from Rivendell.  
2. When it's time to wrap a handlebar, it's really fun to grab two or three 
random colors from a box full of Newbaums.  Buy yourself 10 rolls of 
Newbaums from Rivendell
3. Few things identify you as repping Riv more than an Irish strap.  When 
you see somebody with an Irish Strap, you know they are Rivsters.  Buy a 
few Irish straps.  Give some away
4. Add a bandanna to every single order, or a cycling cap
5. Keep a list of things you might want.  If Riv has a TON of one of those 
things, help them out and buy it
6. Keep a list of things you might want.  If Riv is down to 1 or 2 of one 
of those things, buy it to avoid being bummed when they are out
7. If something new is released, Rivendell probably has a lot of it. Buy 
one. 

I'm going to go ahead and make a few SPECIFIC examples.  

1. I really love handling a well made piece of machinery.  The weight and 
tactile feel of a great mechanism is something I can leave on my desk and 
use as a meditative fidget tool.  One of my favorite kinds of desk fidget 
tools is a brand new clean bicycle hub.  At times I've had a number of 
different hub models on my desk.  I keep hubs around for future wheel 
builds but also for this tactile hand-exercise.  One of my teenage mountain 
bike racers had a hand injury and I loaned him a bicycle hub to augment his 
physical therapy, and I got rave reviews from him.  You could do the same 
thing.  Rivendell Bicycle Works has only two remaining Phil "Rivy" Front 
hubs.  That model is discontinued, never to return.  It's a gorgeous high 
flange masterpiece.  It's heavier than a front hub really needs to be, 
perhaps, but that weight is great in your hand.  It is beautiful and 
unsurpassed in solid quality.  That's $400 of 'dead inventory' to 
Rivendell.  Buy a Rivy front hub and you've got a genuine Rivendell 
artifact.  Use it on a bike, or keep it as a meditation tool.  Don't 
handwring over the fact that you can't buy a matching rear.  You want a 
nice cassette hub on the back anyway.  It's cool to run mismatched hubs 
when the front is a dynamo, and it's cool in this case also.  Last Chance 
Rivy Front 

  
If you want the cheap version, Rivendell also has 19 Shimano 105 36 hole 
front hubs.  It's not as heavy, but it's still really cool.  That's another 
$400 of dead stock.  Sure you could find cheap 36 hole front hubs any 
number of places.  Who cares if you actually pay a fair price to 
Rivendell?  That doesn't make you a sucker to pay close to retail. 105 front 


2. MIT Atlantis or Hilsen.  This is probably the main cash flow issue for 
Rivendell.  The Atlantis and Hilsen used to be $2500 and made to order.  
Now they are $1500 and they pre-pay for them.  RBW has 55 Atlantis frames 
and 65 Hilsen frames in stock right now, by my count.  That's almost $200k 
retail value tied up in inventory where this time last year it would have 
been almost zero tied up on made to order frames.  Will you get one of 
those this year?  Buy one!  Can't afford it today?  Put a deposit on one.  
I'm working on grabbing a 56cm Atlantis...

3.  43-tooth outer chainring.  Riv had a bunch of Silver brand chainrings 
made, sometimes in unusual but sensible sizes.  I stocked up on the 35T 
size which enabled an application that would have been difficult 
otherwise.  A lot of us run a 44-tooth outer chainring.  Many of us even 
run a 42-tooth big ring.  How many of us run a 43?  Very few, because 
"nobody" makes a 43.  Rivendell Bicycle Works has 143 43T outer chainrings 
in stock (110mm BCD).  At $38 a pop, that's $5,500 of inventory that they 
could be using elsewhere.  Grab one or two of them, and you'll smile at 
your next build when you have it ready.  You'll be the only kid on the 
block with a 43T big ring.  Chainrings also look super cool hanging over 
your workbench.  

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA



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