College Park Bikes and Mt. Airy Bikes can be pretty Rivish -- I believe they're dealers, and CP was a stop on Grant's book tour. Same owners, both worth a stop if you're in the area. CP has an amazing ceiling full of vintage steel, and Mt. Airy has lots of tandems and other less-mainstream bikes in stock, and is in a great location for extended test rides -- and both are within 30 minutes from most of Howard County (assuming traffic is not horrendous, and it does seem worse each time I make it back there for a visit).
Julian Westerhout Bloomington, IL On Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:30:36 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > > What I wanna know is when are we gonna get a Rivendell-East location here >> on the east coast? > > We need a good alternative to carbon over here - and fast!. Its just a > matter of time 'til all the forks around here start snapping, and nobody > wants that. > > >> *From reports I have read, Howard County, Maryland is one of, and within >> an hour of, three of the top 5 richest counties in the USA. So folks can >> afford Rivs out here. And the housing is much cheaper here than SF area >> (gas too I think). So I bet there is more disposable income to throw around. >> * > > > You got 3 college urban areas within 30 minutes of each other (DC, > College Park, and Baltimore). Bring on the Quickbeam Reissues. > > The area has lotsa bike clubs and fundraiser rides. Bike lanes are > popping up all over and there are MUPS and trails galore. You can pretty > much get anywhere in Columbia, MD on their elaborate MUP-ways. > > Some shoppes around here carry the odd Surly and Salsa, but 99% of the > time I see shoppes swollen with alucarbon racers and comfort bikes. If you > want a new touring bike, the only shoppes within 30 minutes give you the > choice of the LHT or the Trek touring bike they have out. That's it. Nary a > Mixte either. Maybe one? > > I don't know business, so maybe I am talking outta my hat, but fancy steel > for the non racer would fill the gaping maw of the offerings available > around here for the cyclist. And would help people have bikes that could > have fenders that didn't need to be in 3 pieces to fit. Sure would be nice > to scarf up all the stuff at the Riv yard sales, too. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
