With the money from my first job pumping gas in 1971 I purchased a Schwinn Super Sport, fillet-brazed steel, typical mid-70s road bike build. Loved that bike. Rode it off and on (mostly on) through high school, college, first job, grad school and even commuted on it to my first job post-grad school. Stopped riding it in the mid080's when job change, marriage to non-biker, move to bike-unfriendly Detroit suburb caused me put it on the shelf. But I never got rid of it. Fast forward to 2010, now we live in Boulder, still have the bike, though it's a bit creaky. Had to go to Denver to find a shop that would touch it beyond putting new tires on it (Cycle Analyst on Pearl...recommended!) but they got it back on the road, and I started riding it again, mainly commuting to work. God it felt great to get back on a bike. The following summer we shared a vacation with good friends from Michigan, where we shared a houseboat in Sausilito. I had been looking for a new bike, and because of my size, the big Rivs were on my short list. I kinda knew we were close to WC, so I broached the subject of visiting Riv so I could see their selection. Turns out my friend had lived in WC for many years, had camped on Mt. Diablo with his dad, and going back for a visit to his hold stomping grounds was already on the agenda. In addition, he owned two early 90's Bridgestones. So, it wasn't a hard sell to make a stop at Riv. So, we wandered into the door that matched the address of the company....and walked right into the shipping dept. Miesha gently escorted us over to the showroom, and shortly thereafter, Grant came over to talk to us. Having spent my career as a ferrous metallurgist, we had a lot to talk about. I got to ride a Sam, and left the showroom ready to purchase. I ended up with a Homer, because the Sam was a little too small, and was riding it almost daily until my crash back in April. Still not back on the bike yet, but getting closer every day. Jim in Boulder
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:06:10 AM UTC-6, lungimsam wrote: > So how did you originally find out about them, and why/where/how did you > get your first Rivendell bike? > -- 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/-/MS9hmOSLjEIJ. 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.
