Originally Posted by
bigbossman
I live not too far away, and as far as I know Diablo Cycles doesn't exist except for as a motorcycle shop.
Just spit-balling here but Rivendell is in the very next town over, literally only a couple of miles away. Could there be a connection? I know that Rivendell was started by Grant after he left Bridgestone, but maybe he absorbed some local talent along the way or something.
There used to be a bike shop in Walnut Creek called Diablo Cycles (or something very similar to that). It was on Olympic Blvd and they went out of business (maybe 1991?) it was in the building that later housed The Sports Rack, and then a billiard shop, now something else I think.
I don't think there's a connection between Diablo Cycles the shop and Diablo Cycle the bike built by Boone but could be. I just don't remember that they had a house brand or anything, but they were a high-end mostly roadie shop. "Diablo" is a pretty common thing to name stuff around here.
I'm pretty sure there's no Rivendell connection either.