I actually do too, and I'm a huge Riv fan. What's pathetic is, I've been a member of BikeForums so long I've noticed there's a pattern to Beke's Rivendell-trolls. Once or twice a winter, I'm assuming because the weather is less conducive to cycling, Beke gets bored and uses mucho hyperbole to diss Grant P-It's probably most entertaining when he goes off about the $100 hatchet-but I digress. I'm fairly certain he doesn't really mean it, I mean, he's obviously taking absolutely everything Peterson says and twisting it into some evil robber baron-internet scam. It's actually pretty funny.

He went off the other day about Riv marking up the goods from their supplier, as if he'd never heard of the LBS or free market capitalism. I guess Grant should send us free merchandise, with free postage, and a check for $100 to congratulate us for our interest in his company. Considering how much he uses the proletarian angle in his Riv-rants, maybe he doesn't think much of free markets? Anyway, it's very entertaining. Take the guy with a grain of salt-it'll thaw out and he'll get to ride again instead of making silly trolls about a small business who've actually done a lot for cycling over the years.