January 2011
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Filler, but not so bad
January 26, 2011
RR43 is 95 percent finished and 64 or more pages long in mosly 9-point type….too long, too small, but you can read it as a pdf online and zoom in while saving trees. We will have a paper version, but only a thousand or so this time. Orderable later, not now, and it’ll cost about $7. It’s the only way we can do it, but you CAN read it free and in full color...
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Bikes aren’t cars
January 18, 2011
This just something to think about. It’s not my main agenda in life and has nothing to do with Rivendell, other than it’s on our site here. There’s stuff at the end that’s more biz-‘lated. Cars are banned from the streets in the ultra-upscale Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on Sundays. Let’s spread that one around. Drivers can take buses...
Notes From The Operations Department →
January 13, 2011
A few changes that come with the New Year. Starting now, we need to increase our frame deposit requirements to 50% of the retail cost of the frame. This will help cover the cost of the frames before they ship, a requirement for many of them. Another change related to frames: The retail price of Waterford-built Sam Hillbornes is going up, effective now. The $1250 price...
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Member Rebates
January 3, 2011
I am working on the rebate calculations and should have the new credit invoices generated by the end of the week. Thanks for your patience and happy new year! One big thing to note is that your online order history does not include any orders you made by phone or in person, which means all bike purchases. Don’t worry though, we have your real, accurate, bigger numbers...
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Hapneu Year
January 1, 2011
Today and only today, not any other day of the year—- unless this remains up tomorrow and beyond, and then later in the blogarchives— I speak to you as Grant Petersen, AA, 1975, Diablo Valley (Junior) College in the all-encompassing field of “General Studies.” It was quite an undertaking, but I wanted a broad education in a short time span. No...
