I'm most thankful for Rivendell showing me how unique a bicycle can be. I started following Grant & Co. because their philosophy of riding matched mine but I was a guy who would go out and buy a Trek, Specialized, Giant, etc... and ride it as-is until the tires needed replaced and I was likely to try and get the same make/model of tire as replacement.
RBW was the first place I saw unique bikes that were not only customized, but custom built from a bare frameset. Looking thru the staff bikes section (which is back up, BTW) is so satisfying and seeing other people's bikes on the RBW and IBob groups is the same. Now it's expanding into the mainstream and my Facebook and Instagram feeds are chock full of custom built Surlys, Jones, Crust, etc... bikes. The bikes are as diverse and unique as their riders. I love it. On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:42:51 AM UTC-6, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Wish lists can be fun and interesting, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving, > here are three Rivendell offerings that I am thankful for, past or present. > > Clementine. Only Rivendell could have gotten me to think a non-mixte > step-through was the bee's knees. A great all-arounder, it also > substantially lowered the price point to get into the Rivendell world. > > Back-o-Bike bags. I've waxed poetic about these panniers in the past(!). > Stylish and functional,they are a fantastic accoutrement to any Town > oriented bicycle. And the haptics! I splurged and got a second pair in blue. > > Safety triangles. I love these things, and I'm of the opinion that they > really work, especially in Hudson valley farm country, where drivers are > used to seeing and respecting them on other slower-moving vehicles. > > It is said that corporations are not people, and that is certainly true. > But it's great to find a company that has a moral compass, and is an entity > that makes the world a better place. Rivendell has that and does that, and > for this I am thankful. Happy Thanksgiving, with stirrers! (That's how my > Android interpreted my lispy riffs Turner's -oops, Rivsters-, but I thought > it was festive so I left it in) > > -- 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.
