In last years since I started 'Riv'ing, I think I have accumulated enough parts and accessories for biking plans I have for next 10 years :)
So today I ordered a few books, stickers and a few hundred dollars worth of gift card, which I will use toward a Susie or Boots (or maybe a Charlie) On Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:30:46 UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > This quote sums it up better than most: > > *"This is our specialty: Complicating life unnecessarily, going to a > Trouble Factor of 10 to achieve an Improvement Factor of 3."* > > That's from Grant's latest BLAGH, talking about the sweater that is super > expensive, super difficult, that they won't make any money on. It's a > general fact about Rivendell. They have ideals and they spend every penny > to realize their ideals, and they price things so that they barely make any > money at all. Those who can afford the prices and appreciate the ideals > are thankful for Rivendell. Those who appreciate the ideals and can't > afford the prices try to find all the products second-hand, and sometimes > lament that the products are too expensive new, and too rare second-hand. > Those who don't appreciate the ideals dislike Rivendell as overpriced, > overbuilt, opinionmakers and other rude things. > > It's true that Rivendell has always done things the "right way" in their > minds which usually is the hard way even when they go smoothly. The > projects they take on that don't go smoothly are excruciating. They put > themselves frequently, annually in tight financial spots every winter. > It's easy to say "that's their fault", but it's similarly easy to say that > it's our fault. We know this is the reality, so if we want them to stay in > business, then we can help them stay in business by buying the things they > have in stock over the winter. > > So, this is my reminder to us all. Look around for things they have in > stock, especially the Garage Sale and Last Chance stuff. If you need any > of those things, buy something. For things you 'might need' someday, Try > to put 100 of them in your CART. If they have only 1, you'll see it, and > maybe you should buy it before they run out. If they have a TON of that > item, that's a ton of cash that they have locked on the shelf. Buying some > of that will free up that cash for them. > > Here's a few things that got my attention: > > There's a couple nice merino shirts in Garage Sale, that they still have > in Medium. They are warm, not stinky and last forever if cared for > properly. I might grab one of each > I'm going to buy a wide-low Silver 173mm crankset. It's heavier than a > Rene Herse crankset, and wider Q-Factor, but I'm certain it's just as > strong and will last as long, and is less than half the price. > I'm going to add a few bumper stickers, patches, a couple rolls of > Newbaums, and some Sheldons Nuts > > Things I won't be buying but there are a lot of: > > Tandem cranksets. They have 25 of them in stock. At $500 that's an > amazing deal on the nicest tandem crankset you can get for $500. If you > are ever going to set up a tandem, maybe you can see buying one? > > Saddlesack bags. They have 18 of the Baggabond, 14 ClembaSacks and some > other things. They are really good sacks. I use a Shopsack Large as > weekend luggage all the time. I use a mediums as race day tool kits, and > another medium for a helmet and shoes race day bag. The things are bomb > proof. Bag-matchers may be mad that they don't have 4 different models all > in your color all in stock right now. Buy what they have, and be OK with a > little wabi-sabi. > > There's lots of other stuff but I don't want to bore folks. > > Happy shopping! > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8043ee08-022f-493a-8747-5f242c70a680%40googlegroups.com.
