The New Yorker article on Grant Petersen and Rivendell

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Originally Posted by tellyho

I think there was a closer Tolkien cause. There were multiple models with Tolkien names and I think the estate eventually forced Riv to cease and desist.

Rivendell Mountain Works seems to still be in existence.. their website is up and running and they have stuff for sale.

Wikipedia claims Grant named his company after RMW, but RMW named themselves after Tolkien.

The word Rivendell was made up by Tolkien.

I have this tendency to create an association in my head between Rivendell and Arundel. But Arundel is a real place in the UK. Arundel Bicycle is American though.