Rivendell style

[Patrick Moore]

For those of you too refined to read Bike Snob regularly, you might want to make an exception for today's (Thursday's) post for Rivendell build canons and style rules. Video included of new Riv owner anxious about acceptance in the Rivendell World. [35-year-old narrator needs training in public speaking.] [Recall when a schtick about Calvin's ~35-year-old father was his mid-30s decrepitude and the absurdity of a middle-aged man riding a bicycle in the wind, rain, and snow. "Time just gets away from us."]

This was fun:

And finally, your Rivendell bicycle should feature a highly improvisational handlebar treatment:

Basically it’s like the Velominati on acid.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

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[Doug H.]

I enjoy Bike Snob and the "Just Kidding" boat  photo never fails to make me chuckle. Eben's irreverent sense of humor is right up my alley. Not kidding.

Doug

[Brian Turner]

This is from a while ago, but it’s probably my favorite joke in regards to that weirdo grip wrap style that GP and Riv have come to be known for:

[Mathias Steiner]

That scouring-pad picture is funny.

There is an earnestness at Rivendell that permeates everything they do, particularly the bad ideas. It's all-in, all the time, and I find it endearing.

And because I like Grant's writing, and a lot of his ideas make sense, for  a while there I bought into the gospel. 

After stubbing my toe once or twice on some nonsense, I've learned to pay attention to what they Rivendell preaches, but then do some vetting of my own. Grant P has my riding better, and I'm grateful for that.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a bar wrap to finish in the plebeian style.

cheers -mathias

[Bill Lindsay]

The "buy a Milwaukee" is pretty solid advice.  Take a nice affordable steel, rim-brake, fat tire road bike, and offer a cheap cantilever post option, and in 15 stock colors.  Everybody should have a bike like that in their stable, and that's a pretty great value considering all those options.  Too bad it doesn't come in Patrick Moore's objectively perfect size of 60cm c-t-c seat tube and 56cm c-t-c top tube.  

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA