Several times on the Creeper and on the Greenbelt, I've had lots of complements on 'em, but the one that stood out the most was once while riding the Ram on our Greenbelt, my daughter and I'd passed an older gentleman heading out, then met him again on our return leg as he rested on a bench.... as we passed, he called out "I love Grant Petersen's designs!"; much to my daughter's chagrin, I had to pull up and turn around to chat w/ the fella for a bit... he'd previously run a bikeshop, had retired from such.
Another similar story, I had the Bomba on Ocracoke; earlier in the week, I had it locked up at various shops in the village, where it'd been noticed closely. Near the end of the week, while riding through the campground (again with my daughter), a fella came running out from his netting shelter, calling out "My brother used to work for Paul's Components"; again to the chagrin of my daughter, I turned around and had to chat... he'd even noticed the brakes on my bike. He's one of the Hunt brothers, had left Cali and moved to Charlotte... Yeah, Rivendells are not a bike to ride if you want to blend in.... -L On Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 7:36:09 AM UTC-5, Fullylugged wrote: > > I was leading our club C group on a chilly WINDY early ride yesterday. > Along the way, we saw another group of racier riders who we did not know > stopped at a corner. I swung over to meet & greet, and one of the riders > pedaled on with me for a mile or so as we continued to chat. Sitting on his > SS steel, urban set up Merkx, he looked over at my Rambouillet and > remarked, "I like those lugs! Is that a custom bike?" I told him that it > might as well be one, because it IS hand made and it DOES fit me like a > glove."Love those tires!" (Pasela 1 1/2" - the largest the bike is designed > for). I told him that with skin walls and fabric beads, they are still > light in weight and comfy on the rough stuff. "You could ride that bike on > fire roads!" Well, yes I can, and do. (I get grief from certain quarters > when our routes include even a short stretch of unpaved travel, but I have > broad shoulders :) ). This is not the 1st time someone has pulled along > side and admired this bike. He liked the Hands-On-Wheels made wheelset too. > And then he spun up to ludicrous speed cadence and was gone. Ahh to be > young and fit! -- 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.
