I was out on my Rambouillet on a club ride on Sunday (a near perfect spring day -- sun, blue skies, temps in upper 70's, little wind), enjoying the day and the company for the most part, until a fellow I do not really know (those who know me consider the Ram comparatively normal for me!) rode up on a carbon "wonder bike", said "where'd you get that relic?," "that thing must be a tank," "you're making the club look bad," and a few other choice bits accompanied by a chuckle or two.
I tried to be polite, pointing out it was not really vintage, that Rivs have great ride characteristics, beautiful aesthetics, that It was the right bike for "me" etc. -- to no avail. After a few minutes of this I got fed up and told him to be quiet and rode away from him. I'm not sure how best to deal with people like that. I get this sort of thing from time to time, but usually really minimal compared to this joker. How do you respond? Julian Westerhout Bloomington, IL -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
