All the pictures from my week in the Bay Area failed to turn out for one reason or other (cough, operator error, for the most part) so I can't prove it happened. But I also got out to BBH, got to chat a bit with Grant and Keven as well as some of the neighbors, and then took the shop's 62cm Hunqapillar for wonderful quick loop around Shell Ridge. Grant started by talking about directions, then offered to lead me to Shell Ridge, and then couldn't resist the ride itself. His enthusiasm for the bikes (and hatchets, and books, and clothes), the area, and the simple pleasure of 30 minutes spent knocking about in the local park when the opportunity to arises was infectious. Agreed 100% on being honest and real; it was the shortest ride of my four days there, but the nicest and most fun.
And now I must have a Hunqapillar. John On Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:11:29 PM UTC-5, Manuel Acosta wrote: > > Had the pleasure to stop by the new shop downtown. I've stopped there a > handful of times prior a couple of weeks ago but now the new location it's > starting to take shape onto it's own. Still lots of quirky things that you > don't really expect in a bike shop, wood burnt signs and twine mondals.But > still keeping that "Rivendell" feel. > > Prime example last Friday. Grant was working and I got to see him work his > magic. A group of boys came in enamored about hatchets. Throwing hatchets > actually. Grant being Grant told them they didn't sell any throwing > hatchets but recommended where they could buy some, while he also gave them > the run down of their hatchets and some history. Telling them jokingly if > they throw this hatchet he would kick their butt. They talked and the kids > left with some hatchet knowledge. > > Another example another customer came in and actually drawn to the bikes. > He ended up leaving learning out to make a Monkey Fist knot. > > The lovely folks at Rivendell have this uncanny ability to be perfectly > honest and real with their customers. And I'm glad that it continues with > the new shop. Looking forward to the Grand Opening Dec 14. > > I guess it helps that their bikes are awesome. > > With the one bike I got to fit in some bike camping, single tracking and a > little bit of mountain bike racing this weekend. > > Pictures proved that the new shop looks great: > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjMDauTo > > -Manny "One bike to rule them all" Acosta > > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
