I like all those things like "resource optimization" and "cost efficiencies" where they provide value to actual human beings, but I still ride Rivendells because the experience behind the handlebars is a sublime one. I've had go-fast bikes but I keep coming back to my Rivendells because they are a joy to ride. Maybe I haven't had the right go-fast bike but I haven't been on something else that says to me that it's the new-it-thing. There isn't much better in life to me than cruising down the road on my Riv shod with fat slicks.
I've ridden the cheaper copies of Rivendell or Rivendell-ish bikes like Soma and Surly, et al., they're not the same. I'm sure they are fine people in their own right but the optimization on cost is to the detriment of the cycling experience, IMO. I don't know about all these retro-grouch concepts and I don't care. I don't like friction shifters and I will never run them (well ok my Clem H has them but I am plotting their demise). But by the same token I applaud Rivendell for trying something different. If people will buy it then great for them. I won't, but still, I'm sure I'll buy some other stuff that does meet my ideas of cycling utility and frugality. Ok, that's enough thinking about the existential themes of Rivendell for me today. -Jim On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Grant said: "The SS project started out a dumb lark in the early 2000s, > and has been tremendously successful. Not financially, but from the point > of view that lots of riders have been given the chance to learn friction > shifting, and if no SILVER, no chance. That's not important in the big > picture, but to me, personally, it is huge. I'm really proud of it, not in > an outward chest-thump way or a smug way, but in an inward way." > > That (in a general sense) is why Rivendell is worth keeping around -- so > to speak. One gets so effing tired of hearing of "resource optimization" > and "cost efficiencies" and "marketing focus strategies" and "product > portfolio optimization". Puke, puke, puke. Make something because it's good > and fun and useful! > > When will we hear geom specs for the SS? Will it plane? Will it work with > my AM hub? How fat a tire? > > Patrick Moore, not going to buy a Roadini after all, but who knows about > the SS, who still thinks the old Bar Con is the one to beat. > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
