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...and axe sharpening products. This could be my favourite bike shop ever. Makes a point of visiting when I'm next in San Francisco.

http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/axe442.htm


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 9:46 pm
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pretty nice bikes too.
love to peruse their website. makes me imagine nicer times.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 9:54 pm
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It's not just Dwarves that like axes, Elves do too.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 9:54 pm
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love to peruse their website. makes me imagine nicer times.

I have to agree. It's how I remember bike shops, there are very few like it now. I can think of a couple in California, Wheelcraft near Glasgow and that's it. I cant be bothered with all the branding, fluff and fanfare that most bike shops feel is what the customers want.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 10:09 pm
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I got one of those splitting hatchets, got it from Ray Mears, he was easily the cheapest in the uk when I got it. Lovely axe it is too.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 10:12 pm
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I cant be bothered with all the branding, fluff and fanfare that most bike shops feel is what the customers want.

Rivendale are pretty big on their own branding and selling of a dream, its just a different dream to that of specialized.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 10:26 pm
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Rivendale are pretty big on their own branding and selling of a dream, its just a different dream to that of specialized.

That's true, I've heard them fondly described as Retro-Nazis.

Here's something that resonates with everyone who gets Mike's shop in Point Reyes Station.

http://www.blackmtncycles.com/2013/08/not-real-bike-shop.html

He's got a range of T shirts bearing the legend and a resident frog called Floyd.

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Posted : 18/12/2013 10:34 pm