Bespoke Bikes Threatened as Border-Tax Plan Hangs Over Factory
- Ryan’s bid to discourage imports imperils Rivendell cycles
- Global supply chain is key to rigs that recall pedaling’s past
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Grant Petersen’s Rivendell Bicycle Works has carved out a niche with rides that recall an era of leather, twine and beeswax, its anachronistic products made possible only by modern international trade.
The 14-person shop designs ornate frames, has most of them built in Taiwan and then transforms them in its California headquarters into complete cycles that Americans buy for thousands of dollars.