Someone at a shop in the greater DC area who stocked Riv models in the past said Riv effectively wound down their dealer program yeas ago and decided to sell direct. The dealer could buy Rivs at no lower price than anyone else, this person said, so there was no financial reason to stock them.
Even when there was wholesale pricing, it was not that great of an incentive and Riv wanted them to buy a full size run of a model rather than just selected sizing -- this is what I was told, not sure that's completely accurate. Unless Grant wants to go into business with shops, it's kind of a moot discussion. He seems to have made it clear that his current direct sales model works for him, his family, the Riv staff and the customers. I would like to see him do a popup for a few weeks in DC, just to go see the current lineup and test ride. Ed F. Washington, DC On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:12:30 AM UTC-4, Alan Pickett wrote: > > What to DC-centric folks think about helping develop a local dealer for > Riv Bikes, as requested a bug-post or two ago? > > I love the gang at Proteus Bikes in College Park, and I know that College > Park Bicycles has an affinity with Grant/Riv, but somehow I wonder if a > place like Bicycle Space - which just recently opened a new shop right > smack in downtown DC, might have real potential, by tapping into a well > moneyed, bike-commutin' crowd with consumer tastes just precious enough to > make the gorgeous lugs and paint on Riv Bikes a beacon of irresistible > attraction. Does anyone know the Bicycle Space people? Could we talk to > them? > > Either that, or a few of us could quit our day jobs and attempt to open a > bike store... I would assume that we would all become filthy stinking rich > in short order, right? > > Alan in Silver Spring > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
