#16
|
|||
|
|||
I’m glad to order a couple gift certificates from riv. They’re a great shop. Grant is an iconoclast who is responsible for much of the direction of the rando/gravel part of the industry as we know it today whether you can see that or not.
That being said I hope they read the other thread and take what people are saying seriously. I didn’t exactly get the feeling that they did from the email that Rivendell sent out. But maybe they did, I’m not a mind reader. Seeing how many employees they have in that image and the amount that they brought in, there’s a halfway decent chance that any used Rivendell frame will be worth much more in five years than it is worth today. I hope that’s not the case, so I’ll be wearing the riv t shirt and hat around town for some free advertising. Last edited by cinema; 02-27-2018 at 08:41 PM. |
#17
|
||||
|
||||
So awesome! I think grant has done a lot more than most people realize for cool bicycles. He earned this and I hope they use this second chance well.
__________________
please don't take anything I say personally, I am an idiot. |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
OMG. I'm old enough to know just how funny that statement is...
I'm glad I kicked in....two of those folks in the picture are close friends of mine. I hope Grant realizes ow important those folks are.. |
#19
|
||||
|
||||
Concur
__________________
http://less-than-epic.blogspot.com/ |
#20
|
||||
|
||||
Passing the hat around every so often is not a viable business model.
|
#21
|
|||
|
|||
Where are these bicycles?? I just don't see them around and I look at every bicycle, I just do. Whether I'm riding, walking, driving, kicking it outside at a coffee shop, I check out bikes. I live in the South Bay Area but I'm also up in San Francisco a ton. Big family on in-laws side so I'm always on the go. When I'm in Sacramento I'm all over the American River Bike Trail. I never see these frames.
|
#22
|
|||
|
|||
maybe they read the previous rivendell thread here and got some good advice from paceliners.
|
#23
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#24
|
||||
|
||||
Little surprised he's so open about the $..I wonder if it has tax repercussions.
__________________
Chisholm's Custom Wheels Qui Si Parla Campagnolo |
#25
|
||||
|
||||
It's kind of like the cult of Apple.
|
#26
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Buy a $10 gift certificate today, spend it at sometime in the future. The accounting for income matching/expense would be a pain, plus you no have a liability on your books for the $10 gift certifcate until it is spent. If all $215k comes in a bunch, the problem occurs again, no cash flow. I'm not an accountant, nor do i play one on TV, have taken just enough courses in university and read enough balance sheets to be dangerous in thinking about this stuff. |
#27
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Quote:
P.S. I wish them well no matter what happens but this might be the last time he can throw a hail mary or pass the hat around. This was very public and very different compared other times when he has just asked for orders. |
#28
|
||||
|
||||
|
#29
|
|||
|
|||
Wow
This is so much more than i could have ever guessed. Yeah my 10$ does feel like a bucket in the ocean but i have to say im really glad there is an ocean of cyclists out there appreciating good stuff! Also like that he choose to share the number! |
#30
|
||||
|
||||
They both have fervent customer bases, charismatic leadership and a product that ties them all together.
I'm glad they are still around, I really am, it's just odd is all. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|