"I know that may sound like a hyperbolic comparison, since I'm just a dude waiting for some pine tar soap and a John's Irish strap to his my porch, and those guys were like, in OUTER SPACE careening around in a broken vessel, but, hey, that's how it feels TO ME! Know what I mean? "
My shipment has landed in San Francisco, according to the tracking number! I'm reaching my grabby hands to the west. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 3:42:12 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote: > > Bill, i hope and believe that your goodies will arrive unscathed and in > this lifetime. It actually sounds like sort of fun order to track as it > makes it's way around the globe. From here in MD, I always obsessively > check my Riv orders as they go from San Ramon, Oakland, then San Pablo, > whereupon they disappear for a few days before popping back up in Laurel, > Maryland. It reminds me of Apollo 13 when they are on the dark side of the > moon and out of radio contact, and everybody's just holding their breath. > > I know that may sound like a hyperbolic comparison, since I'm just a dude > waiting for some pine tar soap and a John's Irish strap to his my porch, > and those guys were like, in OUTER SPACE careening around in a broken > vessel, but, hey, that's how it feels TO ME! Know what I mean? > > > Alan "who has been known to press "refresh" on the UPS tracker website an > unhealthy number of times" in Silver Spring > > On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 3:54:55 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> I called and asked about this rack as well when I saw it in the brochure. >> I had Dave on the phone, and he said "maybe it's still around, I'll have a >> look". Now I have something to razz him about, since it looks like he "had >> a look" and kept it for himself! >> >> Speaking of the 27F, I did go ahead and order a real 27F, with detachable >> lowriders and all, from Alex's Cycle in Japan. For some reason I was/am >> nervous/anxious about actually getting stuff from a vendor in Japan. I >> don't know why I'm nervous, but I am. I placed the order on the 8th, and >> now I have a tracking number and I can my order has made it to Osaka. I >> ordered a 27F rack plus a pair of Ostrich DLX panniers. >> >> >> On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 12:26:34 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote: >>> >>> I called and spoke to Jared about this rack, after seeing it on the blug >>> back on August 20th (on a cheviot) and he confirmed that it was a sample >>> 27f without the low rider attachments. I think it can also be seen in the >>> Cheviot brochure, in the page showing a touring set up. >>> >>> I would buy this rack as a sturdier side-pull front than the mark's, >>> which I have and appreciate! >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
