Thanks for the feedback! My son's Tallboy is the aluminum regular travel and mine is the carbon LT. They are so much fun to ride and I just love how they handle. But he isn't riding it and in the past, would only ride with me if I insisted. He'd then have a lot of fun, but never in his 16 year old life has he ever come to ask for us to go on a ride. I thought that getting him a great bike would increase the fun factor, which it did, but so far it's just not his thing. What can i do? As long as I keep both, there's always the chance that he might want to go mountain biking, but since I haven't mountain biked in about a year and a half, the odds are pretty slim. It's just that as long as I keep the bikes, there's hope. If I sell his, I might as well sell mine, although I could eventually find a group to mountain bike with, I guess. In two years he'll be going to college, so...
René On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:32 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tough spot to be in, René. But trust me, I/we feel your pain... I think > every couple months how I should sell a bike or two. So far, hasn't > happened! > > As to your situation, I think your biggest overlap is with the Homer & > 'Lantis. Especially as you can only fit a 40mm tire on the latter. I would > say let go of the Atlantis, keeping the Homer, Hunqapillar, and Betty. If > you end up not using the Homer, that would be the next one to let go. Looks > like Betty is getting used? I love step-throughs, so think it's great that > you have one _if you use it_. > > The alternative is to substitute the Atlantis for the Homer in the above > calculus. > > Tallboy regular or LT? I have a thing for Santa Cruz bikes, even though > they're not MUSA. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:15 PM, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> For almost a year, I've been facing the need to downsize the number of >> bikes that I have for a number of personal reasons. It's an emotional >> challenge that has me paralyzed, because while my rational mind is anxious >> to proceed, my emotions get the best of me every time I start debating >> which bikes to let go and which ones to keep. >> >> Therefore, in the hopes of finding out what the interest would be within >> this group before I post anything on Ebay or Craig's List, I want to list >> the bikes I have and see who's interested in what. I have no idea of asking >> price yet, but if you are interested and feel like making an offer, feel >> free to do so. My goal is to go down from four Riv bikes to just two. I >> also have two Santa Cruz Tallboy FS mountain bikes that I'm debating >> whether to keep or sell, mainly because they only made sense to ride with >> my son, but he's not that interested and if I sell his, I'd have to ride >> alone or find a group, which doesn't seem to be a high priority right now. >> Whether one or both stays has nothing to do with bringing the number of Riv >> bikes down to two. Last, I also have a Bike Friday Lama that I use when I >> travel for a week on business, which isn't that often now, but which I want >> to keep for it's flexible use and because it's as fun to ride as the Rivs. >> >> Here are my four Riv bikes; you can see images of past and present >> configurations on my Flickr site: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/sets/ >> >> 1) Hunqapillar 58 with low trail fork and front/rear racks. I may keep >> the Bosco Bullmoose handlebar currently on it, but have regular Bosco bars >> that would likely go with it, or the regular Bullmoose handlebar. Steel >> Berthoud 60mm fenders, brand new custom paint job, etc. >> >> 2) Atlantis 61 with low trail fork. Between the Hunqapillar and the >> Atlantis, I think I'm leaning to keep the Atlantis. It's low trail fork >> only allows for a maximum tire width of 40mm, and I love how it rides. >> >> 3) Homer Hilsen 61, my very first Riv purchase and a bike I ride seldom >> since I'm losing the weight loss battle for now, but when I ride it, I just >> fall in love with all over again. >> >> 4) Betty Foy 58 with 42mm 650B red Hetre tires and steel Berthoud fenders >> that were an odyssey to install. I just love how this bike rides, it >> immediately connects me to being a child and riding, and it's the bike I >> envision I'd ride when I'm very old. I bought it with the idea that one of >> my daughters would ride it, but they didn't care to and after I tried it >> myself, I couldn't let them trash it. >> >> Sometimes I feel like keeping the Homer and the Atlantis, sometimes I >> feel like keeping the Atlantis and the Betty. Sometimes I think that since >> both the Atlantis and the Hunqapillar have the custom low trail forks (I >> still have the original ones), those are the ones I should keep. >> >> There you have it; apologies for the long post. I'm doing this mostly to >> build my courage to post two of them for sale and get a feel for the degree >> of interest in any of them. >> >> Thank you, >> >> René >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. 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