[RBW] RIVELO-PDX RIV deler and servicing bikes

2015-07-10 Thread grant

Even tho RIVELO (John) doesn't have a payroll mechanic, it should still be easy 
to get your Rivwhatever worked on. John has an arrangement with at least two 
mechanics, one of them a former mechanic down here at RBW.
 
Also, for better or worse, our bikes operate 100 percent with 40-year old 
technology. Cables work the brakes and derailers, the bottom brackets are 
simple as pie cartridge units, the cranks show their chainring bolts...there's 
minimal and often zero "black boxing" of the mechanisms. If by some trick the 
rest of us don't know about, you and your bike make it back to 1975, you can 
trust that your Riv bike won't befuddle any bike mechanic. Portland in 2015 
probably has 300 professional good ones, and any good bike mechanic anywhere 
will feel at home tinkering on a Rivendell.
 
Anyway, I'll stick to the main point here, that Rivendell bikes are mechanical 
time machines, so...no problem. Plus, John has 100 percent access to our 
mechanics and all of us here--as will anybody who buys a bike there. We won't 
travel to PDX to find the source of the click you hear, but you're far from 
alone out there!
 
Also, for those of you in the area who haven't been by RIVELO, you should know 
that John is disarmingly casual but knows our bikes through and through. 
Everybody here misses him.

G

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[RBW] RIVELO-PDX RIV deler and servicing bikes

2015-07-17 Thread 'Shmunn' via RBW Owners Bunch
John is a nice enough guy. I had the oppurtunity to stop by the shop while 
travel through Portland (once I found it). Picked me up a nice button down MUSA 
shirt and fine smelling pine tar soap. 
Great shop.
Shmunn

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Re: [RBW] RIVELO-PDX RIV deler and servicing bikes

2015-07-17 Thread Eric Norris
I would say that John is a super nice guy.

Love the pine tar soap, but my wife long ago said I could only use it if I 
showered outdoors. *Sigh* 

--Eric Norris
campyonly...@me.com
www.campyonly.com
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> On Jul 17, 2015, at 8:17 AM, 'Shmunn' via RBW Owners Bunch 
>  wrote:
> 
> John is a nice enough guy. I had the oppurtunity to stop by the shop while 
> travel through Portland (once I found it). Picked me up a nice button down 
> MUSA shirt and fine smelling pine tar soap. 
> Great shop.
> Shmunn
> 
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Re: [RBW] RIVELO-PDX RIV deler and servicing bikes

2015-07-18 Thread 'Shmunn' via RBW Owners Bunch
Wifey says "smells like we're camping".

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