James, I also find this list very polite one.
No implying of otherwise was meant.
My apologies for perhaps a poor choice of words.
I was just trying to convey how a feminine perspective
contrasted with a mostly male perspective adds some refreshing balance.
Paul C
Dallas, TX
(Who always attempts to be polite on lists but perhaps occasionally fails)
----- Original Message -----
From: James Dinneen
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [RBW] Lovely Bicycle Blog
I would take issue with the view that much testosterone is shown
on this list. We seem to be extremely polite and concerned with the feelings
of others in the discussion. If you want to see testosterone, go to the Finn
sailing site: direct insults with four letter words and specific physical
threats all form part of the discussion. Some of it is funny, some of it not at
all funny. It was hard for a lurker, unfamiliar with the personalities, to
decide who was kidding and who was serious. I left the site because of this
total lack of civility (not directed at me). Here on this list, if we even
think bad thoughts we get a kind and gentle nudge from our webmaster. So in
sum, different views are great but I think it is not fair to imply that
testosterone is rampant on this list of gentlemen and ladies. Jim D.
Massachusetts
--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Paul <neve...@att.net> wrote:
From: Paul <neve...@att.net>
Subject: [RBW] Lovely Bicycle Blog
To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 3:30 PM
While doing a search on the Riv Sam Hillbourne bike I stumbled
across this blog
as the writer of the blog had recently become the owner of a
Sam Hillbourne frame.
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/
Perhaps it has been mentioned on list before.
I found it very interesting and thought I would pass it on.
It is written by a lady that just got back into cycling last
spring at age 30 I think
she mentioned after not cycling since her childhood & teenage
years.
She has a refreshing take on cycling I think and
a very fast learning curve having just returned to it a bit
under a year ago.
She describes some of the things within certain areas of bike
culture that had kept her
from getting back into it.
Seeing one particularly lovely orange vintage Gazelle Dutch
bike helped change that.
Now she has a custom mixte on the way & a new Sam Hill bourne
frame to build up
among several other vintage bike acquisitions over the last 10
or so months.
At any rate I find the the perspective from a lady and also
someone fairly new
to cycling adds a lot to the mix.
It seems to me the feminine perspective can help balance the
plentiful high testosterone
fueled viewpoints of the guys.
Plus she is a talented photographer and artist and has some
great pics of bikes on her site.
Regards,
Paul C
Dallas, TX area
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