[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Ann and John, I appreciate your gracious comments to me and please know that none of my remarks were directed to either one of you in any way. This forum and its members sure are a gem! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Chris: I found the original thread humorous because it was over the top and not what I perceived RBW or GP. If it isn't clear from my earlier post, Grant: I apologize for my earlier post of the 2015 thread. I did not mean any disrespect. I will not be involved with this again. Ann On

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Chris, I apologize for offending you. I don't actually read those other forum threads criticizing Grant or Rivendell, because I find them pointless, uninformed and idiotic. I do enjoy someone satirizing these critics. But I do sincerely apologize for offending you, and I apologize to

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

I don’t find anything at all humorous about those posts. Plus that’s a total cop out to try to pass it off as appealing by pretending some other person is “narrating” the comments. Is it really that hard to be nice to others? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

If the humorous stuff is best read in the "voice" of the "Most Interesting Man in the World" ads, perhaps the criticisms of Rivendell & Grant in these other forums would be best read in the voice of a clueless Roseanne Rosanadana. :) John -- You received this message because you are

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

I love my bikes but haven't drunk any cool aide yet ;) The other frequent criticism is that RBW are overpriced. I have found mine to be extremely good value for how often I use them. I suspect the haters spend as much, if not more, on bikes and accessories than I do. Also, a point that

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

What drives me crazy about these kinds of threads on cycling forums is when people call Riv Riders a cult. If you like a certain type of bike, riding and riding gear, you're going to gravitate to a company and group of riders who like the same stuff. And consider this: The people calling it a

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Grant: I'm not sure how I would feel if people wrote about me like that. I found the posts ridiculously over the top in proportion your niche in the bike world and advocacy for steel bikes. The first thread I found seemed to have an undercurrent of affection with some of the posts, the later

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

All I can write about this is that the only thing true is Truth Itself, and Truth is All . -- 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

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I couldn't do it, Grant. Being a well-known figure in some circle or industry where people get on the internet and hash out their thoughts about me? People who type up elaborate jokes and then I'm supposed to be ok 'cause "it's just a joke" ?? NOPE. I'd be Howard Hughes locked in my room within

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

This is the drag of being me and I hate it. I get to fear that my hating it will reinforce the poster or give a loger life to it, start a discussion. I know some have it worse and tere are bigger problems in the world, but the idea that I can or should just slugh it off doesn't reconcile with

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Andy +1, but there are some folks there who do the 'trash" talk, and I just do not need to hear 'bad apples". John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ On Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 1:46:56 AM UTC-4, Andy Beichler wrote: > I frequent both places. I like what I learn there and here. > >> -- You

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

This is an earlier thread, but in my opinion, much funnier. Particularly (as suggested) you imagine it being narrated by the Dos Equis beer announcer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

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I frequent both places. I like what I learn there and here. > -- 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] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

I think this is the thread that started it. https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/70-i-just-want-say-grant-petersen.html It seems much funnier and less snarky in comparison, especially if (as suggested) you imagine it narrated by the Dos Equis beer announcer. > -- You

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

I used to participate in that forum and there are few people who do this from time to time.. It maybe humorous, but I think they really don't like Grant. Got sick of it and left. John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW

Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

To each their own, but that "humor" is WAY too graphic and weird for me. But I don't read that section anyway, I'm usually on the Folding Bikes forum debating which year we all admit the Helix titanium folder will never happen and that fool skips off with everybody's money. -- You received

Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

As Bill Lindsay already hinted, most of these are quotes from the Bill Brasky sketches from Saturday Night Live in the 90s. They're similar to "Chuck Norris Facts"; absurdist humor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brasky And Brian Campbell explained the Grant Petersen mockery as a way to

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

I was kinda put off by this whole thing and then I read “It was the sight of Petersen’s naked body that drove Brian Wilson insane.” and laughed out loud pretty hard and realized this is all actually pretty funny Bob Brooklyn, NY On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 7:24:25 PM UTC-4, Brian

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

The genesis of these type of ridiculous Grant Petersen threads on that site derives from the often mutti-page arguments about Rivendell vs. Older road bikes. They often revolved around folks who owned Rivendells (of wich there were not that many on that site) vs. people who thought Rivendell

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

The bad people. -- 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] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Based on the cultural references, people who have gotten ahold of a device that lets them broadcast to today's internet from 1981. -- 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

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Who are these people who talk so bizarrely? -- 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

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

"Rocket Sauce" just posted a follow-up: “Grant Petersen is the father of every kid in this town!” “Grant Petersen once showed me a video of him making love to my wife, and it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw!” “He’d eat a homeless person if you dared him!” “His poop is used

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

Classic & Vintage, a category at bikeforums.net. The link in the original post will take you to it. -- 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] Re: Rivendell on the C Forum

What is "C"? On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 6:22:23 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > There's a thread going on the C Forum right now about Rivendell. It > started as a PSA > > > about a sale Riv is