Interview : Grant Petersen - Rivendell Founder and Owner

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Rivendell remains one of the last (if not the last) companies that believe in lugged steel frame bikes. Not only for its material performance but also for the more intangible and personal attributes of steel with age....great interview and inspiring.

Just might take up the steel bike building course from Sulaiman!

INTERVIEW : GRANT PETERSEN

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