Rivendells of Nutmeg

[Eric Marth]

A few quick views of some of the Rivendells at the Nutmeg Spring Fling yesterday! 

Joe's Gus

Stephen's Atlantis

Max's Hunq

Adam's Hillborne

Ballsz's Bleriot 

[maxcr]

And here is the partial group photo! It was great to meet so many of you in the real world. I ended up destroyed but had a blast.

Max

[Collin A]

All those kickstand plates, and hardly a single kickstand in use!

Collin, in Standramento

[lconley]

Which is why I do not have a kickstand plate on my Rivendell Custom. Kickstands work great indoors and where there is no slope or wind to knock the bike over or soft sand. Note that I do have kickstands on almost all of my bikes, but I don't always use them outdoors.

Laing

[Garth]

Nice day for bike ride in the NordEast !!!

I think my first bike I bought as a teenager had a kickstand. I quickly realized, kickstands weren't for me for a host of reasons. Just being honest. 

I know lots of readers have them and love them and go on about their virtues,  but lots of readers also don't. There's room for everybody after all .....

[Eric Marth]

Correction: Stephen's bike is obviously an Appaloosa, I have the same frame in the same color. 

Didn't grab a pic of Ted's Platypus or Miggy's Susie but they were out and about as well! 

[maxcr]

The visit to J.P Weigle's shop was a treat:

And here's a couple more pics attached

Max

[Pam Bikes]

Thanks for the pictures.  Love them!  Beauties.  No Riv sisters????

[RichS]

Thank you too for the pictures; looks like a blast! And how fortunate to have such beautiful weather. What a bonus to be able to visit the JPW shop.

Best.

Rich in ATL

[Stephen]

Such a good ride! It was great meeting you Eric, Max, Adam, Miguel and everyone else on the ride!

[lyon...@gmail.com]

There was also a Custom at Weigle's, but I didn't see who was riding it (nor did I take a photo). Nice to meet you all out there!!

Adam

[Drew Fitchette]

Good looking Bikes Everyone! 

@eric You rode that sweet Bridgestone? Still got the S. Hillborne too? 

Max's Hunq is my favorite, can't beat that middle tube. 

[Eric Marth]

Drew, yes, I took the Bridgestone. And I still have the Hillborne. 

Here's a scandalous non-driveside picture of it at Peter Weigle's. 

[Eric Marth]

@Pam: I didn't see any women on Rivendells! 

@Adam: Dang, I missed the custom. What color was it and how was it set up? 

[Drew Fitchette]

@eric Shoosh! dig the dirt drop stem.

[maxcr]

Thanks Drew! The Hunq is a keeper. I'm not a skilled rider yet was able to navigate some pretty gnarly parts of the ride with confidence on my 2.1 thunderburts

I imagine the longer Gus' and Susies' are even more stable and cushier but I wouldn't change my hunq for one of them.

Max