I'll second everything Alan just said. We stopped in yesterday too, for the first time. We started our day driving down to College Park (from Harrisburg), so that my wife could test-ride the Betty Foy at College Park Bicycles. It ended up being a little too small, but still a beautiful bike. After a few hours at the DC Pen Show in Tyson's Corner (fountain pens, anyone?), we made our way to Frederick, so that we could visit Gravel and Grind.
We had some fantastic iced coffee, good conversation with the owners, and I picked up a pair of Compass Stampede Pass tires, coffee beans and some socks for my wife. James (one of the owners) said they were planning a "Classic Bike Show and Swap" on 27-Sep (http://gravelandgrind.com/basketful-rad-stuff/). I think we'll try to make it down for that. Mark On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Alan Pickett <youbetyourbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jeff - they do indeed look well suited to each other, and would likely > become fast friends! > > Yesterday, my partner Heidi and I stopped by Gravel and Grind to check it > out, and it is a LOVELY place, owned and staffed by super-sweet people, and > already stocked with Nitto Racks, Green Grips bar tape, and complete S24O > "camping" kits for rent to encourage people to get out and enjoy the area. > It's very thoughtfully curated, and really looks like a relaxing and > welcoming coffee shop with bike books on display, coffee a-brewing, and > rivish conversation bubbling about from all corners. I noticed a > Bridgestone RB-1 outside, kitted out with a waxed canvas bag dangling from > the seat post. Looks like a great place, and I will be returning to see how > they do and cheer them on. > > The two owners are themselves excited about Riv Frames (Atlantis and a > Hunq') they have recently ordered, and are expecting to have some > demo/floor model frames in the shop relatively soon to show off. > > Good things are happening in Frederick! > > On Friday, August 14, 2015 at 5:51:46 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Alan Pickett <youbety...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Cool man, cool! I may go on a little 30 mile ride near Frederick on my >>> newly minted Bosco-Sam this Sunday, and will stop by the shop to say hi. >>> Great news! >>> >>> >> I'll definitely find my way to Frederick for a visit at some point, as I >> make a trip between home of Silver Spring, MD and Hagerstown, MD to visit >> family at least once a month, and Frederick is conveniently about half-way >> between the two. Either way, my Sam wants to be friends with your Sam, >> Alan, so maybe we can arrange a play date for the two... >> >> >> >> -Jeff >> Silver Spring, MD >> >> >>> On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 10:28:54 AM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: >>>> >>>> Wow! A place to test ride Rivs that's not too far from home! >>>> And avoid shipping costs for the smaller stuff! >>> >>> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
