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— Rivendell News —

October 2008

  • Brooks News

September 2008

  • Superbrief microsnippet from InterBike
  • Interbike. The annual bike show in Las Vegas is in full swing....
  • Ian Hibbel killed by a car in Greece

August 2008

  • General price trends....not down

July 2008

  • Some lugged eagles have landed
  • Minor thing here, Nitto torque specs
  • Back to Regular Hours This Week.
  • Saturday Ride/Dinner Details
  • Store Hours Next Saturday (July 19)

May 2008

  • Rivendell Garage Sale & Ride
  • Air Conditioning follow-up
  • Air conditioning question
  • New, improved MSL prices

April 2008

  • Reader Forty in the Mail

March 2008

  • Gotta love that weak U.S. dollar...
  • New 650B Wheelset
  • RR 40 (The Fortieth Rivendell Reader)
  • Ventile and RR
  • Three Ventile cycling jackets

February 2008

  • We know the news

January 2008

  • Reader update, Bomba-update, other
  • Rebates Calculated
  • New Year New Rebates

December 2007

  • Nearly last chance, plus beanies
  • Dec 3 tiny posting

November 2007

  • Orphan frames, shipping in gen'l
  • Cheap Skullcaps
  • Thanksgiving Weekend Store Hours
  • KEVEN's BAG BACK, plus..
  • GRIPKINGS, Other Things, Rainhat Watch
  • Turkey, pedals, bottles
  • Rain Hat Report, LEGOLAS NEWS
  • New things added Nov 7
  • Small changes for small Saluki and Atlantis

October 2007

  • Keven's Bag, 69cm AHH pix
  • Keven's Bag, Panniers
  • Money on the books for you?
  • Safari browsers, the new catalogue, and more

August 2007

  • About our new site, and welcome to it

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