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Rivendell Bicycle Works
Company blog · rivbike.com/blogs/newshardwareculture
Rivendell Bicycle Works is the company blog at rivbike.com, writing about hardware and culture. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Rivendell Bicycle Works' site, linked for its bike and gear product pages and an opinion piece on clipped-in pedals versus street shoes. Commenters point to it for product and bike recommendations, not for the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
We make the world's finest steel bicycles. We also sell practical bike parts and normal looking bicycle clothes.
What Hacker News says?
Bicycles also count as vehicles and not all of them have electronics. There are some decent low tech ones at different price ranges: https://www.rivbike.com/collections/current-models https://velo-orange.com/collections/frames-1 https://shop.fairdalebikes.com/collections/fairdale-bikes
Comment linking /collections/current-models
on “Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network”Submitted Imperfections on Employee Bikes as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAn opinion piece on the matter of being clipped in vs street shoes: https://www.rivbike.com/pages/the-shoes-ruse
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on “Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower”Submitted The Shoes Ruse as a story · 2 points
HN discussionRunners use Body Glide, among others, particularly for chafing thighs: https://www.runnersworld.com/gear/g37340104/best-anti-chafin... I'm not sure what else would work for feet and toes, though asking on a running / distance-walking discussion would probably be useful. A chief problem is adding something else that irritates skin at the same time you're trying to reduce the problem. Cyclists tend to swear by bag bal…
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on “How to Walk (12 miles a day)”Yeah, I have the Busch & Müller Toplight [1]. "The Toplight Line Brake Plus senses when the bike slows under braking and glows brighter. It does this by monitoring the AC frequency from the hub. During braking, the AC frequency slows quickly, and then makes the LEDs pulse or flicker, hopefully getting the attention of that fool in the jacked up SUV behind you." [1] https://www.rivbike.com/products/dyno-rack-light?sr…
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on “My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit safer”Being a bicycle geometry nerd I always look at the bicycle first. Let me tell you how much the Pro one sucks... It looks like failed Pedersen[1]. The rear wheel intersects with the bottom bracket, so it wouldn't even roll. Or rather, this bike couldn't exist. The flash one looks surprisingly correct with some wild fork offset and the slackest of seat tubes. It's got some lowrider[2] aspirations with the small wheels…
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