Mine arrived this week also. It is a great looking pin. Already is mounted on one of my Carradice bags. Riv content - the bag often resides on the back of either my Atlantis or Sam Hillborne.
Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On May 21, 3:04�pm, Ian <ian.m.whit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just got mine today. They are *fantastic*! > > On May 15, 6:08�pm, jinxed <hbcl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Are you a member? > > > So here is the story...turning the "way-back" machine to about 1996, > > some friends and I were sitting over coffee after a ride and started > > to recount how many times we had done this. As it turned out, it was > > apparent that not only had the vast majority of our rides (bike, > > motorcycle, skateboard, snowboard...) started or ended over coffee, > > but many of our good friends and riding partners were met at the cafes > > we were frequenting. We had a pretty good network that spanned darn > > near coast to coast. An "Association of CaffeinatedWheelmen" I > > blurted out while simultaneously sketching out a logo on the > > napkin.... > > > Fast forward to about 6 months ago, I was digging through some piles > > of artwork looking for something, and stumbled on my original sketch. > > All of the patches and hats we had originally done up were long > > retired, lost, or given away...so I got in touch with some of the > > original ACW's and told them I was going to mint some lapel > > pins...everyone chipped in to beat the minimums. > > > Our whole thing was very tongue in cheek, but we wanted it to have an > > "old money-secret society-unleash the hounds" type of feel to it. > > Anyway after finding the iBob's / ROB's and meeting so many awesome > > people and reading about the network that exists between the riders, I > > thought it would be cool to expand the ACW. > > > It's all for fun and conversation, and really just a bit of decoration > > for the bags, hats etc...but wanted to offer them up. I have @ 20-30 > > or so left of the lapel pins, but we can do more if interest is there. > > We were also contemplating doing up some patches too? > > > $6/pc shipped to you. Trades for your "club" pins is good too. For > > that matter no interesting trade would be turned down. Drop me line > > hbcl...@yahoo.com or just paypal me there with your info! > > > Stay thirsty my friends....for coffee. ;) > > >http://tinyurl.com/rx66y8- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
