RichS: thank you. The brand for the saddle bag is ArchEnCiel. On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 8:47:10 AM UTC-5, RichS wrote: > > Sweet looking San Marcos too! What brand is the small saddlebag? > > Yep, Grant is a delight! In my experience, everyone at Riv has been a > pleasure to work with. > > Best, > Richard > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 22, 2017, at 8:02 PM, 'Ann L' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Thank you for the nice comments :) > > I do have another part to the finding a bike story. My first post was a > bit long so pared it down. > > When the Appaloosa build came out, I saw the pictures of the butternut > frame and was blown away. But I was extremely happy with my Soma and had > no justification for buying another bike, particularly for the kind of > riding it was designed for. When I understood that my Soma was not viable > here, I looked back to RBW to see what they had in stock because I knew I > wouldn't last long without a bike. They had a 2016 butternut frame in my > size. I called because I had questions regarding max tire clearance and > the projected weight of the bike (I am a small person and have to carry it > up three flights of stairs). It was the afternoon of July 3rd, I called, > and it was picked up and I heard "Hello, this is Grant." I almost dropped > the phone. I did not expect him to answer. I had called RBW from time to > time regarding questions and checking on orders and had dealt with Will or > Mark. I told him how much I had enjoyed my Soma and all the compliments I > had gotten over the years, even from the carbon fiber crowd and explained > my current situation. He was super nice (a lot of the staff had left early > for the holiday and that was why he answered the phone). He had all sorts > of questions, not only about bikes, but about my job, my move, random > stuff. He wanted to know if considered the Clem. He said they also had > really wide tire capacity and they were expecting a new shipment. We went > back and forth regarding specifications and I kept on going back to the > Appaloosa. There was a point that he saw where my heart was and that is > how I ended up with my bike. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/syVIfvByV6Y/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >
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