Like many folks on here (I'm guessing) the bicycle truly was my first taste of freedom in the small town where I grew up. Hence I am a bicycle fanatic, and inevitably came to Rivendell from riding vintage bikes and BMX, and being accustomed to steel as a frame material that is reliable even if well-used, crashed or dented. I have owned a few vintage treks (still have an '88 520 with a sky-high bb), centurions, and still have a sweet old specialized sequoia, and I had many friends who rode Surlys, IFs and Sevens. I like lugged bikes, and gravitated to bikes like the Bombadil back when it had parallel TT and it was the only one with a 2TT in their lineup, except for the 71cm AHH, and the 650b mountain bike just seemed like an epiphany (still does). Also the Quickbeam because it was so unique and yet so familiar at the same time- the silence and simplicity of SS/fixed combined with the quick-release shift mechanism is awesome. I make use of that feature gladly depending on where I'm going. The more I ride it, the more I love the way the QB rides. Anyway the rest was history for me. Riv has unbeatable customer service and have just done so much good for bicycling in general. I even got to visit their HQ once at the end of a US/Canadian tour a couple of years ago. They bought me lunch and it was awesome.
I love that when you call them up, there is a decent chance that Grant Petersen answers the phone. Talking to GP about bicycles is a real privilege. How many bicycle companies are like that. They are definitely not in the same price range as other bikes, but as time goes on they all prove to have been bargains. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/SbqGThQkABwJ. 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.
