Bob Lovejoy - yes, this, all of this! I am virtually crying on your shoulder. Those were the words I was looking for and couldn’t come up with. I adore the Rivendell mixtes, and I am so sad that they are less suited for me than they were. I was set on getting the new Cheviot, but now I have to wait and see what the new dimensions will be - and I don’t even understand those numbers on paper, I just knew that the Clementine and Betty Foy were excellent for me. I have been making myself take that new Clem out on challenging terrain/with loads because I don’t trust it. Today I had to swerve to avoid something and it was so unnerving because I didn’t know if the bike could do what I was asking of it. It’s a long bike, and it doesn’t feel as nimble as my other bikes do; it was fine, crisis averted, but I’d never feel this way with my previous bikes. I’m left with that awful feeling of, “Will I ever get used to this?” “Did I make a mistake?” “Am I supposed to be grateful for these improvements? Am I not sophisticated enough to understand and appreciate them?” Because after all, I’m not the bike geometry expert here. But I do have an understanding, however crude and unrefined, of how good a properly designed and fit bicycle can ride, because I’ve had one. And now I’m a lot of money and time into this experiment.
I wish I could just go back to enjoying every pedal stroke, but I know too much now. It’s so hard to get used to anything else. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but I am disappointed. I know I can sell the bike, but it’s not so bad that it can’t work. I’m just a little sad and disappointed because I thought it would be perfect. I think my sister would say the same about her 2019 Clem L, too. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c39fc061-f6f7-4459-8ee7-328265be854f%40googlegroups.com.
