A nathema of carbon?!! Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote:
> Paul: I first learned of Rivendell on the same website. > > On Jan 30, 9:47 pm, Paul Cooley <pcoo...@cybermesa.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Bill M. wrote: > > > > > LOTR fan that I am, I would propose "A Moot of Quickbeams". > > > > I'm curious how many Rivendell owners first noticed the company > > because they were LOTR fans. I first heard of them on a site talking > > about commuter/touring bikes. Actually, I just Googled it, and the > > site is still up:http://www.faughnan.com/touringbike.html > > > > The name "Rivendell" caught my eye right away because I'm such a > > Tolkien fan. "Richard Sachs" or "Bruce Gordon" just didn't have the > > same draw for me. And when I looked into what Grant was trying to do, > > I was sold. > > > > Actually, the whole thing started because I went to my LBS to buy my > > first new bike since I was a little boy, (this was in 1998 I believe), > > and what I had in my mind was something like Eugene Sloane's Singer > > from "A Complete Book of Bicycling." At that time, at the LBS, it was > > all either mountain bikes or racing bikes. I was so disappointed when > > I looked around. There was nothing like a Singer in there. > > Nevertheless, I let the owner of the shop talk me into buying a hybrid > > as being the best bike available to tour and commute on. (I don't know > > why I didn't research it further on the internet. I guess I just > > didn't think of the web as a bicycle resource at that point). I > > absolutely hated the bike from the first day. I knew very well it > > wasn't anywhere close to what I wanted. What ensued would fill too > > much space, but suffice it to say that the LBS wouldn't take the bike > > back the next day, even for partial credit, wouldn't take it on > > consignment, the bike had numerous problems, and the owner of the shop > > blamed me for the problems and wouldn't fix things even though the > > bike was on warranty. (The main problem being a rear spoke would > > break every couple of weeks for no apparent reason. The owner accused > > me of "thrashing around on it" initially, and then claimed that it was > > because I was hauling a Burley trailer). > > > > Needless to say, I no longer shop there. I was so angry, eventually, > > that I spent far more than I had in my budget for my Rivendell. But I > > did get what I wanted, (though I get angry at the toe clip overlap > > from time to time). > > > > Paul B. Cooleyhttp://carfreefamily.blogspot.com > > Santa Fe, NM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
