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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please call us this morning if you have any questions. ☎️ (800) 345-3918 The bikes will show as "Sold Out" until Noon. Lots of great info on our site. Go to rivbike.com > Bikes > Models. Find the link(s) in our profile. 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Latest from here: Closed Monday for Labor Day. Back Tuesday. Our Clem Pre-Sale is Wednesday (9/9) at Noon, Pacific.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

From Will's Day Early Email Update: A couple Blue Lug staffers stopped by after attending the MADE show up in Portland. We took them on a ride in the Marin Headlands on Tuesday. Sabu-san and Tani-san, both of whom have 80cm PBHs, took turns riding our 53cm YelloWolleY and a 53cm Gallop demo bikes.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

📸📝📬 From Will's August 21 Email Update "That's Antonio on his Roaduno from a ride a couple of weeks ago." 📬 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When the thermometer hit 90 on Wednesday, the roll-up door went skyward, and the sun poured in. Antonio donned his shades and carried on.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

How to get saddles on Nitto seatposts: Find it on our site on the News menu up top. (There's also a News whatyamacallit on our LinkTree, too.) 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

WBW: Jay, Dave, and Grant. Photo: John - Holga 35mm

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

July birthdays: Harry (9) and Rich & Grant (11).

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

General Update, July 2nd 2026: We're closed tomorrow for the fourth observed and Saturday for the fourth proper. We'll be back on Monday. 📸 Mark by Will, who also made the print

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Will's new Email Update is out. Lots of info, and questions answered, but first, this: The YelloWolleYs presale is next Wednesday, the 8th, at noon, Pacific time (PDST). Find the rest in your inbox if you subscribe, or in the LinkTree in our IG profile if you don't. 🔗🌲👆🥸 10m

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Will's print of his photo.* If you are the "plan ahead" type, and there's a lot to be said for that, please know that we will be closed on Friday *and* Saturday this week for the Fourth of July holiday. * From our website 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We're closed tdday for Juneteenth, but Harry and Will will be around Saturday, 10-4, for in person sales and test rides. 🔟% ➡️ Ten percent of everything we make today (in online sales) will go to charity. Which charity exactly is still to be determined, but in line with our other charities.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Joe Bell, the best bike painter in the world, is here to pick up his custom. We had it made for him about five years ago, but it took him awhile to decide on what color to paint it (painter's paralysis, he says) and then he sent it back up to us for assembly. - Email Update 05.29.26 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"That's the view from Twin Peaks this morning. As I approach my forties (two years to go) I've decided to become one of those guys that wakes up obnoxiously early to go on bike rides….” from Will’s Email Update. Find it 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

📬 From Will's 05.23.2026 Email Update: "Antonio, Mark, and James are all hard at work building Appaloosas..." Read the rest in our LinkTree. 🕙 PS/Hours: Open today (Saturday) and closed Monday (Memorial Day). Regular hours resume Tuesday. 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We're closed Monday for Memorial Day, but we'll be here today / Saturday 10 to 4, for test rides, and in-person sales. ---- There is a new email update out. Find it in your inbox if you subscribe, or our LinkTree, regardless. 📬🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

How to decode your Rivendell's serial number: Find the 🔑 in the News Blog on our site, or see the link in Will's 05.15.26 Email Update. Both can be found in the LinkTree in our "profile." 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The Appaloosas are here, finally -------- "We're shipping out framesets now and once those are outta here, we'll get to work on the complete bikes. There are a lot of them (thank you), and….read the rest on our site. Go to our profile and find the link.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Bluesky is great, but we are feeling restricted by the number of letters we can use in our captions. We’re not wordy, per se, but often have to cut out big chunks of words when we repost from Instagram. Anyone else feeling this way?

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If you own a pair of Rich-built wheels, it's quite possible that they once made the trip from his shop in foggy San Francisco to RBW HQ like this. 📸WBW: May 13, 2023. Roman asride Mr. Lesnik's hoop hauler for the photo op.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The frames will show as "Sold Out" on our site until the presale starts at Noon (Pacific Daylight Savings Time). If you have any questions about fit, sizing, or how the presale works, call us this morning. ☎️ 925. 933.7304 or 800.345.3918. 🙏😎

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

We have a LinkTree in our profile that takes you directly to our website, our staff directory, Grant's latest Blahg, Will's weekly email update, and other pages, including our YouTube & Vimeo channels, and the RBW Flickr account. Click & scroll!

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

From Will's 05.01.2026 Email Update: "I was out all last week on a five day bike tour through Mendocino county with eight of my friends." Lots more 📸 and 📝➡️ 📬🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

From yesterday's update: "We're pre-selling Roadini frames next Wednesday, May 6th, at noon our time. We expect the frames to arrive mid-June. We're getting sizes 50 through 61cm and they're coming in Sergio Green and Orange."

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

From Grant's 04.24.26 Blahg: "Me, 1973 (age 19) on Mt. Shasta the morning after a night of 80 to 100mph winds. Read the rest on our site. Link above.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

How's your weekend going? Here is Roman and his newborn at home. "Happy Sunday" from everyone here.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Restock on our Grab Bag. Check our site. $100. MUSA.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

TBT: Sergio, Will, and Antonio painting the wall opposite our roll-up doors to reduce glare. (April 9, 2025)

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

From Grant's newest Blahg post. Find it in the LinkTree in our profile. 🔗🌲🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

From Will's most recent email update. Find it in the LinkTree in our profile. 🔗🌲🥸 📷 WK

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Jay R. and Milo, future RBW poster model, at the breakfast table. April, 2010. 📍North of SF. 📷 JAB / Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Oldest pic in the (digital) RBW archives*? 🗓️ Twenty-two years ago today: April 5, 2004. *Think so. 📷 John

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

New bike Saturday for Derrick! Photo: Harry

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

New Bike Saturday for Jeremy! 📷 Harry

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

From Will's 04.03.2026 Email Update: "I was slightly nervous about General Use Green. We've used it before on a couple prototype frames and on Rosco Platypuses, but it's been a couple years and I was worried it would be too bright on a bike as flag-shippy as the Appaloosa." Read the rest: 📬🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Found in the archives (2019). 📷 Best guess is it is Dan by Grant, but it might be Grant by _____. 🤠 John

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

From Will's most recent Email Update: "These Konica point and shoots are made for Japanese construction workers to document work on site. They're lightweight, shock resistant, weather and dust sealed, and they're available with 28mm, 35mm and zoom lenses.” Read the rest: follow the link above.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

From the Archives (March 2012) Milo and Jenny accidentally dress alike. Milo is now in highschool, and Jenny is a drummer in a rock & roll band.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Dan by Grant. From our recently relaunched, but still a work-in-progress Flickr page. Link in our profile. 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Sergio is getting ready for the OM-1s to finally get trucked over from the port. They had to go through an "intensive exam" at customs. As soon as they get here we'll start filling these boxes with OM-1 boxes

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

🍏 We were at the Apple Store today, and spotted a Sackville Bag. Rowan has owned it for four years, and says he "bikes everywhere" all year long here in Portland, Oregon. 📸 Darby

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

From this morning's BikeSnobNYC blog post. Timely.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Harry says: "Visitors from Japan: Ryusei and Honoka. They own multiple Rivendells, And they’re on their Honeymoon. They’re SUPER cool." 📸HHH IV

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"The Appaloosa presale is next Wednesday, March 11th, at noon (Pacific time) The presale will 'go live ' at noon next Wednesday << on this page.>> << >> = working hyperlink in the actual email. Find that in our LinkTree, or your inbox if you subscribe.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

From our site: The Charlie H. Gallop is probably the most comfortable road bike you'll ever ride. ---- Read more/look at pix: 🔗🌲👆🥸

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We've tried a lot of pedals and this one is our prefered propulsion device* these days. They're perfect. $73.00. Made in Japan. 🇯🇵 * No one here has ever called them that. I/John just try to avoid using the same word in a sentence.

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Rivendell Bicycle Works @rivbike.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

While we don't have an official uniform at Rivendell (we tried it briefly in 2000), the crew *does* often gravitate to the same duds. Here's Will and James in March 2024.

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