On a ride with my new-to-me orange Ram, I encountered two episodes of this, on a 20-mile ride on Minuteman Commuter Bikeway:
May I photograph your bicycle? (this really happened...) Interestingly, they photographer wasn't keying off "Riv" per se, but thought it was a beautiful steel bike (and who could argue with that?)... The second episode was on the return leg of the same ride, when a gentleman overtook me and matched speed for about 1/4 mile, asking me about the bike in great detail, and praising it to the stars. It's a little like walking a really cute dog... I guess good design will do that for you. rod On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:18:57 AM UTC-4, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- 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.
