Received a compliment yesterday on my just rebuilt sage green SamH. Stopped at a local bakery and a customer walking out kept staring at the bike (not at me) and finally said "what a beautiful bike". She continued to stare and shook her head in disbelief. She then said it looked custom. I thanked her and told it was a labor of love. Sure made my day.
May you all get compliments on your Rivs this weekend! Rich in ATL On Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 11:19:22 PM UTC-4, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > I don't own a Riv but my wife and I had ventured over to a local Cajun > restaurant for lunch and seeing there was a bike shop next door, I had to > stroll over after eating. It was a slow day so the owner and I started > chatting and somehow Rivendell came up and he said "One of my customers has > a Rivendell and when he brings it in......I just can't stop looking at > it......". > > > > > > > On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:18:57 AM UTC-5, LeRoy wrote: >> >> I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have >> put about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in >> my Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of >> the brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's >> something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented >> bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. >> Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call >> out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty >> chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and >> called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must >> say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? >> > -- 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.
