> On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Bill M. wrote: > > LOTR fan that I am, I would propose "A Moot of Quickbeams".
I'm curious how many Rivendell owners first noticed the company because they were LOTR fans. I first heard of them on a site talking about commuter/touring bikes. Actually, I just Googled it, and the site is still up: http://www.faughnan.com/touringbike.html The name "Rivendell" caught my eye right away because I'm such a Tolkien fan. "Richard Sachs" or "Bruce Gordon" just didn't have the same draw for me. And when I looked into what Grant was trying to do, I was sold. Actually, the whole thing started because I went to my LBS to buy my first new bike since I was a little boy, (this was in 1998 I believe), and what I had in my mind was something like Eugene Sloane's Singer from "A Complete Book of Bicycling." At that time, at the LBS, it was all either mountain bikes or racing bikes. I was so disappointed when I looked around. There was nothing like a Singer in there. Nevertheless, I let the owner of the shop talk me into buying a hybrid as being the best bike available to tour and commute on. (I don't know why I didn't research it further on the internet. I guess I just didn't think of the web as a bicycle resource at that point). I absolutely hated the bike from the first day. I knew very well it wasn't anywhere close to what I wanted. What ensued would fill too much space, but suffice it to say that the LBS wouldn't take the bike back the next day, even for partial credit, wouldn't take it on consignment, the bike had numerous problems, and the owner of the shop blamed me for the problems and wouldn't fix things even though the bike was on warranty. (The main problem being a rear spoke would break every couple of weeks for no apparent reason. The owner accused me of "thrashing around on it" initially, and then claimed that it was because I was hauling a Burley trailer). Needless to say, I no longer shop there. I was so angry, eventually, that I spent far more than I had in my budget for my Rivendell. But I did get what I wanted, (though I get angry at the toe clip overlap from time to time). Paul B. Cooley http://carfreefamily.blogspot.com Santa Fe, NM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
