Dave, my heart is warmed. I would totally mow your lawn ( though I’m at present a desert rat, I’m a born and raised North Dakotan so I know about grass!) but I would not make you lemonade. I would make instead my famous “lemon drop”, which is a brew of ginger root and honey and lemon. Good for you and pure delight.
I have not abandoned the custom idea yet - Riv is yet to decide about their Cheviot order, so I am waiting to see. If the Cheviots are too far out, I’d want to know how far out a custom would be. I don’t want to wait a year! Ted mentioned about lifting bikes - YES, I agree, it’s different pedaling a bike and lifting one and I’d love to be lifting a lighter bike onto my rack. I can lift my long and heavy Clem, but it’s serious effort and in, say, 20 years, will I be able to? Also, I find that I lift my bikes a LOT. To turn them around at the crossing, over curbs, etc. I’m hoping we know more soon. Leah Sent from my iPad > On Apr 2, 2020, at 4:42 AM, 'Dave Small' via RBW Owners Bunch > <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > Hey Leah, > > Reading through this string I came upon Mark's post and thought "yeah, that's > what she needs." In fact, I'd love to see you get it. I'll kick in $50 > toward it if you do and you won't have to mow my lawn or make me lemonade. > > Dave > Boston/Indy (but hiding out in Florida for now) > >> On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:33:35 AM UTC-4, Mark Roland wrote: >> >> One reason is the oversize tubing that Rivendell and most other >> manufacturers of steel bicycles use these days. Combine the OS tubing with >> the gauges Riv uses for its country bikes like the Chev and they are still >> going to be overkill for what you are describing as your desire... >> >> I'm sure based on your weight class and intended use for the bike, Grant >> would entertain a custom mixte with the lightest Roadeo-class tubing they >> use. If you want it to be a Riv, this will get you a lot closer to what you >> are seeking from your next bicycle. Plus you can get it in hummingbird red. >> Between the deposit and the final payment, you have some time to mow lawns >> and sell some lemonade! (Option B: get a Roadeo.) >> > > -- > 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/E1ezDPhtnSk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/15d3103e-8dc5-4d67-b95e-0c2e77e1f7a4%40googlegroups.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/DE7EEF3E-DB0F-4D0A-9537-EF0AFDC35DA3%40gmail.com.
