Bicycle Habitat is a pretty good shop in NYC. And there's a Riv-ish place on 2nd Ave and approx 6th St. When I've been in either of those shops with variously my (now former) Saluki, or Kog, or Boulder, they've immediately known what it is under all the dirt. And been very accomodating. Also Adeline Adeline on Reade St is a great shop, lots of transportation bikes. Check out their website. Ron B (no longer a new yorker; in rural western Mass, but I travel into NYC w bikes often (usually a Bike Friday tandem).
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 11:25:41 PM UTC-4, James Warren wrote: > > That's fun to hear about, since I read the "Bike Cult" book around the > same time I was getting to know Rivendell. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 20, 2012, at 6:20 PM, gep7...@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote: > > I'm sure NYC has lots of good bike shops, or at least a handful---I of > course wouldn't know---but I have a thing for Dave Perry, and kind of a > long history, although it's all recent news to me. He attended my book talk > when I was in NYC and was super gracious, really nice. He introduced > himself and I recognized him barely but knew his name from his Bike Cult > book of many years ago. I hooked up with an old Bstone cow-orker now living > in Brooklyn, and we were walking in that part of town (lower east side, I > think it is) and saw the same purple Zeus bike that I'd seen earlier > outside the place I spoke at. It was outside a bike shop (BikeWorks NYC), > which Dave said was his, so we went in and ----- if the do sell aluminum or > carbon, I didn't seen any. It's small, but a really good shop. I talked to > Ben and --- either Willard or Travis, sorry, another mechanic--and Dave, > and I asked him where he grew up and he said Redwood City, CA, and then for > me (maybe won't be to you) it got interesting. He said he raced, and I knew > of a Dave Perry (2x district champion on the road), and it was him. We know > lots of the same people. > The thing about Dave is, he is SOOOOOOOOOO unracy, or at least not racy in > an annoying way. He knows that world and those bikes and I doubt there's > anybody with a broader range of bike knowledge than Dave. But you'd never > know it, because he's so low key, as is his shop. It's like finding Bob > Dylan owning a record store and working the counter, stocking the bins. > I like NYC and I've always thought it would be good to have a dealer > there, so I have been talking to Dave about it. He has no room, but he > likes the bikes, and we sold him that Sam so he could get a feel for them. > It seems like a good fit, but I have too much respect for Dave and for > myself (and too much pride) to beg. We aren't looking for dealers at all, > anyway. WHen we sell to a dealer, we cut our margin to essentially nothing > so the dealer can make the money--the alternative being to raise the prices > to make room for us AND the dealer to make money, but then a $2300 bike > would cost $2600, and when our normal way is to sell direct, it just > doesn't make sense. > Still, I hope he becomes a dealer, and he is the only dealer in the > country we don't have that I really pine for....but whether he is or not, I > totally recommend him--as do others, I see. > He grew up in Redwood City, CA, about an hour-by-car from here, and we > raced at the same time. There were some overlapping years of it, anyway. I > > On Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:37:08 PM UTC-7, Jimmy Hutch wrote: >> >> I spied my first look at a beautiful Sam Hillborne while visiting >> Bikeworks NYC this afternoon. Bikeworks NYC (http://bikecult.com/works/) >> had a new Sam with double top tube, albatross bars, bar end shifters and >> cork grips on display. It was only the 3rd Rivendell I have seen up close, >> the first being my AHH, the second an Atlantis belonging to a guy from >> Pittsburgh who was in NYC for the 5-borough bike tour. I had to buy my AHH >> having never seen a Rivendell, so if anyone is in the market, I highly >> suggest stopping by to see the Sam in person. >> >> I dropped my AHH off for some routine maintenance and they were >> very accommodating. I'll report back on the quality of service when I pick >> it up. >> >> -Jimmy >> >> >> -- > 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/-/hvZ8IchJBpwJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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/-/XpLawC8RbDkJ. 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.
