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Livewire: The Official Film

An Interview with Grant Peteresen

Grant Petersen has done a lot for the humble bicycle. First through Bridgestone USA (the North American arm of the massive Japanese tyre company who produced some seriously influential bikes in the 80s and early 90s), and then with Rivendell Bicycle Works—the company he started in 1994—he’s been pushing for what you could maybe call an alternative bicycle future, where enjoyment, practicality and longevity take precedence over gimmicks, fads and The Next Big Thing™.

This might sound like common sense, but at a time when mainstream bikes have become unrepairable masses of high-tech jiggery-pokery, his ideas around hard-wearing steel frames and good ol’ simplicity (alongside the countless other uncomplicated concepts he laid down in his 2012 book Just Ride), have set him apart as a revolutionary.

What’s more, whilst his so-called ‘velosophy’ is no doubt influential (the recent uptick in baskets and swept-back handlebars being bolted onto old steel mountain bikes can probably be traced back to him), the way Rivendell operates is also well ahead of the proverbial curve. They’ve sold straight to their customers since the mid-90s and were publishing their own zine, the Rivendell Reader, long before people in meeting rooms started chatting about content marketing. He might also be the world’s biggest Bob Dylan fan.

Anyway, enough of the spiel. I caught him before a fishing trip to peck his head about everything from the early days of Rivendell to the art of finding satisfaction in struggle. Whether or not you’re into bicycles or not, Grant’s wise words here should give you something to think about…

https://www.nativve.com/people/an-interview-with-grant-petersen-founder-of-rivendell-bicycle-works/

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This is how I transport anything large or heavy, including, but not limited to, three fruit trees, some bags of dirt, and some tasty veggies to plant in my new garden ✌🚲🌳🌱 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_vUbaLHzaz/?igshid=3yxfwralv4cr

Morning cruise around the pond. Also, my narrowest tires. #rivbike #morningride #quickbeam #fattyrumpkin #singlespeed #butreallytwospeeds #steelframe #650b #greensboronc #ridingaroundthepark (at Greensboro Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB7-OJ5DoBE/?igshid=17716s936wskp

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2008 Orange details on the beautiful fork blades of a Riverdale Saluki holding a Shimano hub Sell your bikes & parts on the Sprocket app. Link in bio www.sprocket.bike #shimano #rivendale #rivbike #saluki (at Jack London Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuZHHllM1H/?igshid=129bcvvivf98k

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Crazyguyonbike's chain lube of choice for his epic adventure... Says a lot about how good Chain-L is! Experience it for your self with a 20% saving using CHAINL20 at check out www.mtbriders.co.uk #mtbridersuk @crazyguyonabike - Everything that I am carrying on this trip. If everything goes as planned it will be a 70 day trip. Going from left to right, top to bottom: Apidura bar and saddle bag, both waterproof. Apidura bar bag attachment and top tube bag, both water resistant. Total carrying capacity of about 31 liters of which I'm maybe using 17. Below that, glass case, patch kit, multi tool tire levers, and chain oil. Rear light. Spare tire (Panaracer), two tubes, and a pump. With 650b tires, it seems best to carry a spare. Clothes Section: a face cover for the sun, a ball cap (City Lights Book Store, in San Fransisco). Below those the shirts (4), the yellow one I will use everyday for cycling, it's silk weight long sleeve tee shirt from Patagonia, two short sleeve button down shirts and a short sleeve cycling jersey, that I would wear at night, but not in the sun. Next over, a Bell helmet with 'Da Brim' attached for extra sun protection, two bandanas. The shorts: 1 cycling short that I wear under a baggy cycling short (Zoic),;and a pair of shorts for off the bike. 1 pair of socks and underwear, both Merino wool. A pair of Lows boots, which are a bit heavy but good for kicking 🐕 dogs. Finally, along the bottom, toiletries, 2 pens and a Seiko watch. Two Snow Peak titanium bowls, Roams titanium spoon and knife, Health Pro titanium chopsticks, Tapatio hot sauce. A power bank and various cords, above that two keys to an Abus lock ( not shown). A Kindle (to read Moby Dick), Bluetooth speaker, Action 4k Camera, tripod, and finally the biggest, heaviest wallet that I own, made by Jandd. At the train station in Bangkok, I weighed everything and it came to 6kg. I'm carrying more than I need because I still have so much extra capacity. #apidura #topeak #chainl #lenz #patagonia #dabrim #rivendell #rivbike #zoic #snowpeak #toaks #healthpro #tapatio #abus #amazonkindle #ultrapod #sjcam #lowaboots #smartwool #icebreaker #bicycletouring #bicycletourist

Livewire Tour Autumn 2022

This was the second of two tours I set off on this year, and the second failure. Two for two failed tours in twenty twenty two. Too many twos. Cursed. In any case, failure aside, this was awesome. Ty joined me, having been evacuated from instructional league in Florida on account of Hurricane Ian. Halcyon conditions. A couple great days of riding.

So, the plan was three days, 400kms, something like 2300metres. Reasonable, maybe not for unaccustomed Ty, but he’s young and fit. Lethbridge to Willow Creek, Willow Creek to Pincher Creek, Pincher Creek back to Lethbridge. We set off about 10am on Saturday. I was pretty fully loaded, Ty less so. I was on my Atlantis, Ty was on my Platypus. Among other supplies, we were carrying a Ziploc freezer bag containing an entire carton’s worth of livewire candies. Hence, the livewire tour.

FORESHADOWING: on the way out of the city, I made the mistake of uttering the phrase, “I never get flats.”

As soon as we got through the west side of town and onto the gravel roads at the outskirts, just as our general momentum was ticking up and spirits climbing high, I flatted. It’s true that I never flat. This winter I bunny hopped my commuter into a McDonald’s parking lot and landed on the small curb causing a pinch flat. That was my first flat in roughly 17,000kms. None since. So I was surprised, but whatever, no biggie. Fixed the flat and we were back on our way.

For quite a while, the country roads were in really great shape. Firm and minimal rocks. Our fav early stretch was on what Ty deemed “Poo Road.” We got passed by a succession of trucks evidently carrying manure, so it was stinky, but we were rolling fast. From there we got on a canal road that carried us up to and past the Granum highway. Once we hit Willow Creek County, though, the roads were freshly graded and it was a tough slog. We ambled along for a bit at 14 or 15kmh, I told Ty the moth joke and we listened to an article about the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Then at 60km I got into the drops and did a big pull at 21kmh for 11 or 12kms.

At about km 75 we turned northward and pfffff nother flat. Bahhhhhh. I only had the one spare Schrader valved tube, but I had tons of patches. This should have been no problem, although I was mystified still. Over the following two hours this happened: I patched the tube, inflated it, had it in the bike, packed back up ready to go, and PFFFFFFFF flat. Figured the patch didn’t hold. So, next thing I tried was patching the other tube that got pinched near town. Patch failed while I was inflating. Instead of re-patching, I hatched a plan, thinking that somehow all the weight I was carrying in the back was making me pinch-prone, to take the 55mmer off Ty’s rear wheel, put it in my bike (I knew it would clear BARELY), and use the spare tube I had for his bike (Platypus is set up 2bliss) to get the 47mmer from my bike into his. Then I could also run less psi and my patch would maybe hold? Installed, inflated, ready to go, PFFFFFFFF. Bahhhh. At this point, it is occurring to me that somehow issues with flat are imperilling the entire enterprise. What a thing to run into trouble with. Embarrassing! I stared off into the distance feeling sad for like half an hour. I thought maybe we could walk 15kms to Claresholm, sleep in a dugout, pray to god the hardware store had tubes in the morning, and go from there. But that was dumb. And I felt like I really didn’t understand the cause of the flats, still. So, I called for a rescue.

The whole goal of the tour was the Porcupine Hills. Spectacular anytime, especially so in the fall with amazing weather. And we also had dinner planned at Chez Gascoyne in Pincher Creek on Sunday night. So, Sunday morning I woke up, unpacked the bikes, re-2bliss’d the Platypus, bought a couple new tubes (all they had), swapped in a burly Big Ben on my rear wheel, and loaded the bikes into my dad’s truck. Plan: get dropped off by Jemma for a day ride in the Porcupines, ride into Pincher, have Chinese food for dinner, go home.

The day ride was awesome. The roads were so good, scenery better, weather amazing. We had loads of fun, high spirits the whole way.

5km outside of Pincher, flat. Lol. Patched, sorted, back on the road. 3km later, as we turned into town, pfffffffff, FLAT!!! I guess at that point I wouldn’t have had it any other way. My theory is that my old, shitty, plastic rim tape wasn’t covering the spoke holes properly. So I’m gonna re-tape, but really I am seriously considering re-lacing the rear hub to a cliffhanger and swapping in a dynamo cliffhanger I already have for the front. 2bliss, set it and forget it. Seems wise. Anyways, at this stage, I could not be bothered. So I walked the rest of the way, using a steep dirt walking path to enable the most efficient route to Chez G. Ty rode loops around me and walked up the path in solidarity. Sweet bro.

We had Chinese dinner and a couple beers as planned. Drove home. Goodnight.

Not remotely what we planned, but still a great send off to the season.

It’s fall in south eastern North Carolina and that’s a lot of different directions that point to one place and some things I’ve noticed here are that the trees are mostly ever green and the soil is sandy and remote places are easy to find and if you pack a lunch you can find a place to sit and eat by some water and be alone for a few minutes.

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Anyway,, this is how I transport anything large or heavy

In this case, three fruit trees, some bags of dirt, and some veggies to plant in my new raised bed garden~