I like Grant's story and agree with my friend Jim, too.
When I teach media studies classes, I try to get my students to think
about this: sometimes people comment how amazing it is that everyone
sees the world differently. What's much more startling, and
consequential, is how most of us see most
When somebody asked how old my Atlantis or Kvale is I think of a scene
from The Untouchables
Ness: [looking at a gold chain Malone is holding] What is that?
Malone: Ah, I'm among the heathen. That is my call box key, and
that... is my St. Jude medallion.
Ness: Saint who?
George Stone: Santo Jude.
I have a story similar to Grant's that always makes me smile. Prior to
getting my first Riv., most of my road riding was done on a Ritchey
Road Logic w/Roll-y Poll-ys, Brooks, Nitto bar H2O cages, Grip Kings
and a Baggins Banana Bag. Not a Riv but very Rivved-out. Anyway, I was
riding with a
My shop deals in steel bikes almost exclusively. At any given time we
have on display a selection of Rivendells, Surlies, ANTs, various
fancy customs, and even a few truly vintage machines (going back to
the 1950s and 60s). We like any number of modern bicycle technologies,
and don't consider
My shop deals in steel bikes almost exclusively. At any given time we
have on display a selection of Rivendells, Surlies, ANTs, various
fancy customs, and even a few truly vintage machines (going back to
the 1950s and 60s). We like any number of modern bicycle technologies,
and don't consider
On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 13:46 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote:
It's possible that they would have registered some vague
recognition at a mention of the name Rivendell, or that a
prominently displayed price tag would have impressed them, but the
frames/bikes themselves, beautiful as I
In fact, Rivendell has been featured in Bicycling from time to time,
and favorably, too.
The last time I looked at Bicycling was to see a blurb about the
Atlantis, maybe 2005-ish. The writer made some inane comments about
how the bike climbed dutifully up one hill but felt sluggish on some
other
Old crap: Wow, that's brazen. You're a good person for not throwing 'em
out!
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
My shop deals in steel bikes almost exclusively. At any given time we
have on display a selection of Rivendells, Surlies,
I feel fortunate living here in Portland. People don't bat an eye at
seeing a fendered bike, including high end road bikes. And with so
many local frame builders it's not so uncommon to see nice lugged
steel bikes on the road. Also, people seem to have a passing awareness
of randonneuring so they
More than the weight comment, I usually get the how old is that
bike? when I'm riding my custom Riv with downtube shifters. You know,
it's the downtube shifters that really throw them off. Anyway, I
always enjoy telling them how it's practically brand new.
A couple of weeks ago, under the
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