The Riv model is hard to explain to non bike nerds. I made a half -hearted effort at convincing my wife to let me replace my Jamis Aurora frame with a Sam when they were about to go live and she said something to the effect of “Why not just wait and make sure we don’t need this $1500 for something else?” Riv sold out while we were talking and the re-stock for Sams wont come for another couple years. I may not ask next time!
On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 3:10:04 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Mike: Wow, this is fascinating. I wondered what would become of the bike > boom after the pandemic. I world that gives more priority to bicycles is a > world I can look forward to! > > Bikes at Rivendell... My mom’s neighbors love to bike. They biked across > the entire US, coast to coast so they are attracted to Riv-type bikes. When > they saw Mom’s Cheviot they were enamored. They asked me how to get one. > One does not just get a bike from Rivendell, I thought. How do you explain > this? Most bike stores (in years other than 2020) have inventory; you walk > in with cash, leave it there and walk out with a shiny new bicycle. I > offered the neighbor an awkward explanation, encouraged him to get in on > the upcoming Platypus sale. Bikes are very hard to get from Rivendell. > > But see, this is not new. In November 2012, I was getting a Betty Foy. > Keven had convinced me it was just the right bike for me, and after I was > committed and excited and had my credit card ready, he said, “Great. Well, > I’ll have to see if I can find one buried in the warehouse; otherwise > you’ll get one in March.” Woah. Let that sink in. I lucked out and he found > one, but that would have been a very disappointing and long wait. > > I do wish Riv had more bikes on hand. I hate that they miss out on sales > because they have no inventory. I’m not criticizing; I don’t know what goes > on there, but I’m allowed to wish they had more bikes... > Leah > > On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 11:14:03 AM UTC-8 velomann wrote: > >> Have you been to your LBS recently? This is definitely not exclusive to >> Rivendell. At least here in PDX the demand continues to exceed supply, and >> the small repair shop I fill in for has been chronically unable to get >> basic parts from QBP since early summer. >> I've sold more bikes on CL, more quickly, with less dickering in the past >> 4 months than I did in the previous 5 years. I'm gad Rivendell is >> benefiting from that pent up demand. I checked a couple days ago and the >> only new Sams left are Dark Gold sz 48, which means they basically sold out >> their 100 (+?) in less than a week, with several in smaller sizes going to >> Blue Lug right off the top. >> >> I'm currently taking a Traffic and Transportation (Zoom) class at >> Portland State through their School of Urban Planning. We've had guest >> speakers every week who are deeply embedded in transportation policy, and >> Covid 19 has been a real Litmus test of community resiliency and issues of >> transportation equity. (BLM ties in here as well as Biking While Black is a >> real thing). Much of our discussions are what is this all going to look >> like, post-pandemic. Everyone expects bikes to remain big; we're not going >> to return to to planning that prioritizes Single Occupancy Vehicles and >> petroleum. >> >> Mike M >> >> On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:26:54 PM UTC-8 Jim M. wrote: >> >>> Anyone else notice that bikes are mostly out of stock at RBW? I'm not >>> sure if that's a good thing (they're successfully selling everything) or >>> bad thing (they're not keeping up with demand. >>> >>> jim m >>> walnut creek >>> >> -- 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/4198b8d5-9733-4623-aa3f-b730fa5e6fa5n%40googlegroups.com.
