【Visiting RIVENDELL】 Ride, Bike check and Shop Tour

[@rivbikedotcom]

We loved having you all! Come back anytime :)

[@bluelugbikeshop]

Thank you for your great hospitality! The day after we left, we were already missing Walnut Creek and wanting to visit again. We are dreaming of visiting Walnut Creek again with the Blue Lug crew, which we were not able to visit this time.

[@chadkline4268]

Why not work with MicroShift? They seem like a good business that is concentrating on mechanical derailleurs.

[@Playamni]

You guys are awesome.

[@MarkStephens-e7l]

lol! you where just spied This is exactly how they do it. They play on Americans egos. they will find that derailer and be making it for the very bikes that you just showed them. I used to be the VP of A major boat manufacture and i told them over over no pictures and no tape measures. They would leave our booth and hours later i would see A flash from under Aa boat. Sure enough I would find two legs sticking out from under the boat. never told them to get out. just grabbed there feet and pulled them right out from under our boats and out of our booth inti the hull way. Then i told them to go down to our dock and go for A ride if they really wanted to see our boats. We had A speed boat we made for A James bond movie. if you turned it at the right time in its wake it would soak the passenger. So i always called down to our professional boat racer driver and let him know we had a couple cameras coming down that needed washed. lol! they where thrown out of out booth 3 times. i have also been to Japan to A few companies. no cameras and R and D rooms locked. your little shops pictures where back in Japan with in ours of them leaving.

[@TN-D18]

Letting Grant talk…..priceless. Safe, useful, comfortable, pretty, colorful: what a bike should be.

[@petitemonsoon1238]

one of the most important visits 🔴 in the history of cycling bar none

[@greggr1591]

Glad you enjoyed your trip to Rivendell. I vividly recall my trip (pilgrimage?) there a few years ago; Will and Vince and Grant were gracious and willing to show me around the shop. Thanks for posting this!

[@biosfearmag]

It must be fun to have the Blue Lug people look over every detail of your build.

[@pragmatist7455]

Thank you for giving us a behind the scenes view of Rivendell. It was nice to meet everyone there.

[@Ismet44]

Excellent interviews and bike check with the Rivendell staff! It's always great to hear Grant talk about his views on cycling.

[@Playamni]

Exactly, so insightful

[@starlastly8963]

the creme de la creme of tours extraordinarily fantastic BRAVO to BLUE LUG🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴✔

[@passingconnors]

you are witnessing a pivotal moment in the history of cycling on this planet until some builds a bike frame out of an asteroid belt with a samurai sword blindfolded standing on their head

[@minkbadger4835]

million dollar tour for all time ARIGATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUE LUG POSSE

[@bleachlectures3973]

this video is MIND BLOWING arigatooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@s.ardrey2540]

Mark’s bikes are the gold standard of Riv bikes. I strive for my bikes to be as nice as his.

[@wizardculture]

Probably one of the deepest dives into Riv I've seen in video form! Really nice being able to see more of the shop and the people that make it great, especially as an east coaster. Hope to visit one day soon! Thanks Blue Lug!

[@Fatbutnotflat]

When Grant speaks everyone listens carefully! Thank you Bluelug for the video.

[@canica99]

This is so good and I love how Grant has a vision that I personally is dead on in regards how bicycles are becoming like new cars, can't work on them anymore and everything is becoming like a video game which is not what I like. This is an amazing video but I am glad I was not there as I would had asked of spent the nigh to see all those beauties...frames, colors, set ups....just freaking awesome. Rivendell is the real deal and so are the kids from Bluelug.

[@rangefinder73]

Thank you for taking us along on your tour.

[@Rob-zf2cv]

Great behind the scenes at Rivendell. I particularly enjoyed seeing everyone who currently works there, in particular Spencer who I hadn't heard of until now. Good to see the bike checks too!

[@bluelugbikeshop]

Thank you for watching the video, glad you liked it!

[@mijinkosuke]

めっっっちゃおもしろかったです！ グラントさんの言うコトいちいち頷きながら見てました。 映像版JUST RIDE2.0だわ。

[@SuperJulioes]

Very cool video! I live in the SF Bay Area and did not know they were a local shop. I will definite take a Bart trip to their shop

[@bluelugbikeshop]

You should visit them! We are sure that you will have a great time there

[@chefjonsf]

Same! Always thought they were somewhere in the pacific north west. Immediately took a field trip there and Roman was very helpful and easy to talk to. No bike snobbery detected. Just complete passion and joy for the art of riding a bicycle.

[@yusuke.mtrfct]

なんでしょう。すごい今後の私の自転車ライフに重大な影響を与えた動画です。ありがとうございます！ RELUX

[@hildaarlistiyani7834]

Grant is so cool

[@SimonBedford-Roberts]

Loved the interview with Grant! Fabulous video. ありがとう

[@tinntuncarelessly6619]

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@deniromdoni5254]

Kolaborasi yang sangat epic 👍

[@longrodlseries]

Glad you all visited Rivendell and meet Grant. Social media is cool but meeting and seeing people in person rules!

[@MichaelEdelman1954]

I had a brief chat with Grant when I was deciding to buy my first-generation Atlantis- a big chunk of change for me at the time. Now, twenty-five years and three Rivendells later, it’s great to hear him still expounding on the Rivendell philosophy.

[@cross1355]

みんなで乗ってるのめちゃくちゃ素敵ですね スタッフ皆さんの、忘れられないライドの話とか聞きたいなと思いました！！

[@bleachlectures3973]

blue lug religious experience ascending mount fuji in Japanese to RIVENDELL

[@mofumo829]

自転車て自由でピースな乗り物だと再認識しました！

[@doching84]

体感10分で見れました 最高の動画ありがとうございます🤝

[@grillface101]

The vibes are so good on this one. Looks like genuinely nice people all round.

[@marvinkamei7007]

staff is so layed back and calm personality!!

[@drewgipson4055]

Rich's ride so sick!

[@niceup1177]

that was the most wholesome and amazing thing ive seen in a while

[@arielsimbulan7648]

Watching from Philippines

[@aintnobodygottime4dat]

Fascinating👍🏻

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Excellent video. I have two Rivendell bicycles, Hunqapillar and Cheviot

[@klarkolofsson]

This is great, thank you for sharing your experience with us!

[@factorycooldrive53]

うっすらジワジワと興味あったRIVENDELL BLOGでも紹介していたけれど動画もクオリティ高く 字幕まで付けてくれてありがとうございます！

[@frankhugh2052]

Roman’s platypus 👍🏻

[@ikmalomar2874]

Wow! Grant in person! I still have my Romulus and my Bleriot. My original gravel bikes...

[@charlesfosterkane8034]

Those are the real Riv bikes. eish i had a Quickbeam from that era.

[@BertoBerg]

This was great! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@doncompton9453]

I know markets and trends change, but I wish they still had something like the "Road Standard" or" Rambouillet" that would allow today's wider tires and still had those beautiful lugged steel frames.

[@ヨウスケ-r9h]

自転車版世田谷ベース見てる感じ。グラントさんはじめみんないい人🤩

[@jasondunlap9823]

Fun video. 😊 Thank you for sharing your visit.

[@ronchambers7972]

@15:52 Parking Brake! You have to come out with a "Blue Lug Parking Brake" 😃

[@C345OFR]

3D-printed from the original, natch.

[@phililpb]

@@C345OFR that would be great for disc brakes so you can lock them out over night. Doing this help bleed out any trapped air

[@TK-OK]

Came to say the same thing. If ever there was a BL product this is it. 😊😊 red please

[@FrictionShifter]

Kalcer Gen Z sowan ke Mbahe Kalcer. It couldn't get more Kalcer than that if you're asking me. Grant is such a humble and unique human being.

[@doveplus]

しれっとDEOREを使ったりしていてカッコいいなあ

[@tinntuncarelessly6619]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pauljenkins8287]

I just bought a Brompton because of Spencer

[@criddler_9738]

So rad!

[@Olivia___swift]

The phrase in Japanese that Grant had learned from Bridgestone and kept saying; what was it and what does it mean?

[@bluelugbikeshop]

基本的には(Kihonteki ni wa） Its meaning is "basically."

[@flyingintheface]

Damn I love bike checks

[@ay8076]

谷氏のタトゥーが非常に渋い。

[@ronchambers7972]

Were you guys fresh off the plane and jet lagged when you got there? That was a lot to take in on day-1.

[@AKIO-1668]

👍👌👊WHEN OUR MINDSET CHANGES,ALMOST EVERYTHING AROUND US CAN BE READY TO COMBINE TOGETHER THEN IT CAN BECOME POWERFUL. 当我们的心态改变时，我们周围的几乎所有事物都可以准备好结合在一起，然后变得强大。 RULES ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US A TEST TO IMPROVE OURSELVES HOW BEST WE CAN BE IN LIFE. 规则实际上是在考验我们，让我们在生活中如何做到最好。

[@benjaminxue4017]

Grant Petersen!

[@ryokke1214]

海外のバイクは個性があってかっこいいですネ！ フレームの色が総じてオシャレ笑

[@bboypetey]

@rivbikedotcom When will the new style susie longbolts be available? the lugs and colors are too drool over.

[@SinMazzo]

素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます。偶々数ヶ月前にRapid Rise Shifterについての別の動画を見ていて、同社での復刻の試みも紹介されていたので興味深く拝見。何でも電動化でボタン操作になる中、人の力で走る自転車は、やはりワイヤで引っ張って機械的に操作する感覚を楽しむ方が合っている気がします。 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZatemx3gbBsjM0

[@chefjonsf]

What is the Japanese saying that Mr. Grant repeats? Sounds like “Teho teki newa.”

[@bluelugbikeshop]

“Kihon teki niwa(基本的には)”=basically.

[@chefjonsf]

@@bluelugbikeshop Arigatou gozaimasu😊

[@TheRickurb]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@jamiecox2506]

What is the Japanese saying Grants says that everybody laughs at?

[@lordhitchen]

Can anyone tell me what bars will has on his platypus please?

[@wotusa-w5c]

is Rivendale a LOTR reference?

[@sunburnramthem2373]

🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴⭕🔓

[@maxsievers8251]

Why is Revendell fighting against racists?

[@livingthroughtv]

Love the bikes but damn, it's giving me backache just looking at some of these set-ups

[@ipfv8331]

44:48 saddle sniffing?

[@the_ambient_light]

Why is no one wearing a helmet!?

[@skinnyontight]

a break thru transcendental moment of divine enlightenment pure BLISS👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

[@lifelongleisure]

[@三谷高杉]

リベンデルはキレイな乗り物っていう先入観が吹っ飛んだ！乗り倒したカモノハシはカッコいい

[@criddler_9738]

I play this video almost everyday when I’m at work. GCN just announced “the rim brake is back” 2024! Just thought I’d put that out there.

[@shuichiakita1742]

めちゃくちゃ面白い動画です！定期的に何回も観たくなる。ありがとう！

[@jeffreyAbaratta]

Such a cool deep dive into Riv. Question, what bars are on Will's Platypus?

[@dougrodriguez4977]

Sugoi!