> I've gotta think there's more than a little blind faith in action > here.
Somewhat difficult to follow your point. These sweaters are are not some new Rov bike design. Rather, they are traditional English sweater designs made with traditional wool varietals. It is not uncommon to see people in the UK and Ireland wearing very similar garments. > I think they are at their weakest in their efforts to expand Rivendell into > a "lifestyle" brand. Don't follow this either. GP frequently makes the point that bicycle specific clothing go astray the point of enjoying a bicycle. He is also an advocate of small crafts businesses where possible. Quality comfortable made by a family owned company seem very consistent with the philosophy and not a craven effort to expand a brand. On Feb 6, 8:26 pm, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've gotta think there's more than a little blind faith in action > here. A vest is not a shirt with the arms chopped off, as a post above > noted. Properly designing a piece of clothing requires real skill and > experience. No less than properly designing a bicycle frame. And > nothing says that doing one well qualifies you at all for doing the > other well. > My only experience with Riv clothing is pair of Musa shorts, and the > quality of design and construction of those was Old Navy caliber, at > best. I think Riv makes some of the best bike stuff in the world for > it's intended purpose. I think they are at their weakest in their > efforts to expand Rivendell into a "lifestyle" brand. > > On Feb 5, 5:57 pm, dean899 <monte.di...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Good to see them make a return. I've been trying to get the vest and > > long sleeve sweater off the list here and now have one of each(yeah). > > My only gripe is the fact the the old last version was knit off > > center! The pockets were not centered and the cardigan was a mess > > with the buttons centered on my chest at the top but the bottom of the > > sweater had the buttons at my right hip. Hope there is quality > > control on this batch! > > > On Feb 5, 4:45 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > Made in England, same guys making them, > > > > That is good to know. From the RR piece on them a few years back they > > > came across as the kind of wonderfully eccentric crafts people that > > > you can still meet every now and then in rural UK. I was afraid they > > > had retired or gone out of business or something. > > > > On Feb 5, 10:26 am, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > There are some bluish strands of wool, so I'd say at least some of the > > > > wool is from Swaledales that are kin to the one show below. Made in > > > > England, same guys making them, and I'll get the skinny on the rest of > > > > the wool. It is "far from merino." Some kind of wirey, wolf-proof > > > > sheep, I'm sure. > > > > > G > > > > > On Feb 5, 5:06 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > Not sure, but you see these Swaledale sheep everywhere in the UK: > > > > > >http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip... > > > > > > The earlier version of the sweater was made by a small outfit in > > > > > England. > > > > > > On Feb 4, 11:32 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/324 > > > > > > > For the rivhq gang - does anyone know the type of sheep the wool > > > > > > comes > > > > > > from? Inquiring minds (like my knitting significant other) want to > > > > > > know. > > > > > > > I'm curious where they're being made. > > > > > > > Love the ben franklin sweater. Will probably buy 2 of them just for > > > > > > me. > > > > > > > -sv- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
