Addison, et. al.: Yes, indeed, been thinking a lot about that lately myself. Other riders comment favorably all the time on my beautiful 'old' bike, even when it was 'new' in 2004. Like you, I just smile and thank them for their kind generosity and sharp eye. And actually, some bits ARE what even I would call old -- but also some, quite a few actually, are new as almost yesterday.
Someone once wisely advised me that 'there's no need to educate the bus driver if you're getting off at the next stop.' But we all like to receive the 'thanks' due to a fine compliment. So here's my pix for the day on that machine. Cheers! Jock Dewey / Athens, GA On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 9:36:50 AM UTC-5, Addison wrote: > > I've had people assume my Riv is an "old" bike for a long time now but > yesterday when I was riding home I stopped to take a photo of the rushing > Truckee River in Reno and a gent paused to compliment me on my "beautiful > old bike." I just said thanks and didn't correct him. And then it > occurred to me that I shouldn't correct him because my Allrounder is going > on 18 years of age. Many miles but it looks sharp...I've taken care of it > through commutes and offroading and tours. Anyway, just ruminating...and > posting a couple pics. Happy Monday! > > http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html > > Addison Wilhite, M.A. > > Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology > <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> > > *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* > > Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://renorambler.wix.com/portfolio> > > Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> > > > > -- 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.
