What a pleasure to meet up with Leah on my return* to Kalamazoo! We shared a morning ride around nearby Gull Lake, and I think we both wished we had doubled the miles on what emerged from early clouds as a perfect spring day. Chicken sandwiches and ice cream by the lake; meeting Doc and the Lone Wolf--all of it excellent. it's a great thing to meet Rivfolk as we go along, eh?
Thank you, Leah! Tom (*I've been coming here off and on for an annual conference in medieval studies since I was a student in 1982, and have a lot of affection for the town where Gibson guitars were first made). On Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 5:47:00 PM UTC-4 Jay wrote: > I like the blurb and photos! > > Before I discovered RivWorld I wasn't aware this magical world existed. > It's like in Rapunzel where the tower is hidden behind the trees/bushes, > you step into the space and are in awe. And of course, when Frodo and the > gang first see Rivendell. I get my 'input' from real life and the > internet/youtube. In real life, I've never seen a Riv or anything like it > around where I live and ride. I see a lot of road bikes, aggressive-geo > gravel bikes, and mountain bikes. I've spent time mountain biking and that > crowed is adjacent to us, I believe. Online though, I see more and more of > this world, it is growing. I spend more time watching and re-watching > youtube videos that have the vibe I'm looking for, than anything else (and > I love watching bike racing, but find myself being drawn to a bunch of > people casually riding bikes around parks/forests/cities lately). > > On Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 5:20:34 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> [image: image0.jpeg][image: image1.jpeg][image: image2.jpeg] >> >> On May 10, 2025, at 5:19 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I can’t speak for everyone, but when I meet someone from RivWorld it’s >> just all green flags for me. We both love this niche brand of cycling? >> Green flag. You say you are on the Google Group? Green flag. We both love >> Grant Petersen and are in possession of at least one of his elven >> treasures? GREEN FLAGS. Oh, we’re gonna hug it out. Plan a ride together. >> Something. This is the fellowship. A fellowship of Rivendells. We are just >> out here, on our journeys, astride these delightful bikes and we are KIN. >> >> >> So, the aptly-named Tom Goodmann came to town for a conference. I know >> Tom firstly from the internet and secondly from meeting in person at the >> Philly Bike Expo. He is warm and engaging - exactly the person you’d enjoy >> riding with. He was able to squirrel away some time and I planned a ride >> around the lake, about 12 miles. He brought his Curt Goodrich, and I >> brought Charlie. We ended in the South Bay with fried chicken sandwiches >> and ice cream. It was a lovely, companionable ride, just exactly the flavor >> I have come to expect on Riv Rides, and we were tempted to do a second >> loop. But there was that pesky conference… >> >> We met a second time, today, at the downtown Kalamazoo Bike Show. The >> Lone Wolf, as I predicted, was in attendance, so I introduced them. TLW had >> his Yves Gomez along. Also present was Paul Rehkopf, known to most by “Doc” >> who left his Appaloosa at home today. But there we were four Riv people in >> tiny Kalamazoo and I was impressed. So I asked them to submit to a photo, >> which they graciously did - even TLW. I’ll include these in the second >> post. >> >> If you find yourselves in The Shire I’m happy to plan a ride with you! >> Brace yourselves for Midwest hugging and assumed familiarity. It’s only >> meant in the best of ways. >> >> Leah >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/WIr_KHySLw0/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b453097c-fd5d-4b0b-9c94-5d6ce53d8fffn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b453097c-fd5d-4b0b-9c94-5d6ce53d8fffn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/50b77248-07f6-4532-b7f5-fde62a467392n%40googlegroups.com.
