On Jan 8, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Pancake <abe.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Fast forward to a few years ago, life happened, wife, 2 kids and more than a few extra Lbs. I had picked up a Rawland Drakkar for commuting in 2010, but I was looking for something I could transition into old age with, my old XO-1 was really 1 size too small for me and I wanted something a bit more relaxed I could hook a trailer to. Somehow I stumbled on the Rivendell Clementine.
Ironically, the trailer I have doesn't fit the Clementine, so half the reason I bought it was negated.
Since then I've gotten an Atlantis & a Roscoe Bubbe.
Leah's discussion about long wheel base led to a lot of interesting discussions about how people found Rivendell. I'd like to know:
- How you first found out about Rivendell?
- What caused you to actually get your first Rivendell frame or component (or something Riv inspired) ... and what was that first buy?
With abandon,
Patrick
Addison Wilhite, M.A.
Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology
“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”
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On Jan 8, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Riv Gang:
Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh
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Leah's discussion about long wheel base led to a lot of interesting discussions about how people found Rivendell. I'd like to know:
- How you first found out about Rivendell?
- What caused you to actually get your first Rivendell frame or component (or something Riv inspired) ... and what was that first buy?
- And could you add a photo of that first?
Personally, I was overweight and looking to make my biking more comfortable back in 2004 in Berkeley. Searching online led me to look at Brooks saddles and sweptback handlebars and ultimately to Rivendell to buy some steel Albatross bars ... which I still use today! On a student budget, I attached them to a Jamis Coda Sport (steel frame) with beefed up wheels from The Missing Link bike co-op. Then about 2 years ago my friend Ronnie gave me a Cheviot frame to build up as a distraction while waiting to adopt. The moment I finished building the bike, as I was attaching the pedals my wife pulled into the garage, jumped out of the car and with tears and a huge smile and told me to get plane tickets to Kansas because our daughter was about to be born! Now our daughter is almost 2 years old and I have the Cheviot, a Sam Hillborne, and the same friend is lending me a Rosco Baby frame until that we built a couple weeks ago for front kid seat rides.When Grant met my daughter, he noticed the "Baby Muggle On Board" sticker on our car window ... he was rightfully concerned that we didn't know if she was a muggle or not!Ride on,AbeSome pics of my other Rivendell bikes (and the Rosco Baby with those original Albatross bars) here - https://imgur.com/a/wWgiDmh
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This is such a fun thread and I enjoy reading everyone's stories. Pancake, your daughter is just so adorable!
Riding my 30 year old Specialized Hard Rock caused me neck pain. So, I bought a Craigslist ‘90s Specialized Crossroads. That bike was an improvement, but it got me wondering if there was anything even better. So started my hunt in 2015 for a perfect bike.
I’m lucky to live in a very biking city, with a dozen shops within a few miles of my home. I tried
every non-drop bar bike under $1000, but after each ride, I’d hop on my Crossroads
and found I liked it better than what I just tested. I learned that I wanted steel, upright riding
habit (no drop bars), and rim brakes.
Searching for steel framed bikes, I stumbled upon a thread where some guys were raving about this Betty Foy bike, saying it was the best bike ever made (Leah, BBDD, isn’t the only one who thinks so.). I found one for sale at $4,000! These guys were saying it was worth the money, since it’s no longer produced.
From there, I researched Rivendell and found the RBW forum, a great help for the Rivendell-ignorant. I called Rivendell and this guy Grant answered the phone and was so nice and informative. The Rivendell just ride philosophy resonated.
Now, I’m not a bike-mechanic type person, so I’m unlike most on this list; I didn’t know about geometry, stems, chain stays, wheelbases, trail, or anything like that. I didn't know about Grant, Bridgestone or Rivendell. I did know that I wouldn’t buy a bike that I couldn’t test ride, and James at Gravel and Grind in MD (now of Analog Cycles in VT), was within driving distance. I visited him November 2016. He had at least 10 Rivs built up, many in my size!
I loved the ride of his MUSA Atlantis, but that was more than what I could spend. I liked the Cheviot and the Sam Hillborne. I went back Good Friday April 2017 expecting to purchase a Sam, but before I did I also tried Grant’s suggestion, the Joe Appaloosa. I WAS IN LOVE! How much is it?—I don’t care! So, I spent more than three times on this bike than the sum of all the money I spent on all my bikes in my lifetime and it was the best purchase I ever made! It was a 2016 floor model and all James needed to do was raise the saddle. I brought it home that night, grinning from ear to ear (still do when I ride it), and rode it all weekend.
I sold both Specialized bikes and in June 2019 bought an A.
Homer Hilsen from a list member, so I could have a bike to ride at my office,
and one that was easier to travel with—car, train, or bus.
After years of riding with neck pain, it’s such a relief to enjoy
every ride and come back home smiling. I’m indebted to the good folks on this board
and the information you easily share, as well as to Rivendell, who makes such quantity products that have bought me so much joy. I wish more people like me would hear about Rivendell. They have great bikes, even for us non-tinkerers.
An aside--when doing my original search, I stopped by a bike shop who employed had a mechanic who had been following Rivendell, but never had ridden one. I let him ride my Joe A, and when I got my AHH, his grail-bike, I suggested he ride it while I left it at the shop. He is now the happy owner of of a drop bar AHH. That makes me smile.
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Leah's discussion about long wheel base led to a lot of interesting discussions about how people found Rivendell. I'd like to know:
- How you first found out about Rivendell?
- What caused you to actually get your first Rivendell frame or component (or something Riv inspired) ... and what was that first buy?
- And could you add a photo of that first?
Personally, I was overweight and looking to make my biking more comfortable back in 2004 in Berkeley. Searching online led me to look at Brooks saddles and sweptback handlebars and ultimately to Rivendell to buy some steel Albatross bars ... which I still use today! On a student budget, I attached them to a Jamis Coda Sport (steel frame) with beefed up wheels from The Missing Link bike co-op. Then about 2 years ago my friend Ronnie gave me a Cheviot frame to build up as a distraction while waiting to adopt. The moment I finished building the bike, as I was attaching the pedals my wife pulled into the garage, jumped out of the car and with tears and a huge smile and told me to get plane tickets to Kansas because our daughter was about to be born! Now our daughter is almost 2 years old and I have the Cheviot, a Sam Hillborne, and the same friend is lending me a Rosco Baby frame until that we built a couple weeks ago for front kid seat rides.
I'm an original True Believer. My initiation to being an adult cycling person was going to a Bridgestone shop with a friend and seeing the XO-1 with Moustache Handlebars in the catalogue they gave me. I eventually bought a '94 XO-3 and signed up for the Bridgestone Owner's Bunch, which got folded into an RBW membership to get Rivendell Readers (my memory is fuzzy on how that transition worked). My first Riv product was a water bottle, my first Rivbike was many years later..a Romulus in 2003.
Leah's discussion about long wheel base led to a lot of interesting discussions about how people found Rivendell. I'd like to know:
- How you first found out about Rivendell?
- What caused you to actually get your first Rivendell frame or component (or something Riv inspired) ... and what was that first buy?
- And could you add a photo of that first?