Please keep us updated on your thoughts and experiences with your new Clem L. Man, can we still call them Clementines?
When I first saw that bike I had the opposite reaction - I thought it was so romantic. It was all sensuous and swoopy and it CALLED to me. But I had a Betty at the time, and it was inconceivable that I would ALSO have a Clementine. But my mother in law jumped at the chance to have a pretty Clementine of her own, and she rode it for a few summers before her health took her away from riding. Then it came to me, and imagine how sad I was when I began to favor it over the good old Betz. But there’s no two ways about it; Clementines have fairy dust in their DNA and have been known to upstage a “fancy” Rivendell and relegate it to the corner of the garage. The Betz is now sold, but I’ll get a Cheviot to replace it, and hopefully the longer chainstays and ability to take fatter tires will make it resemble what I have come to love in the Clem. Now, since we both had OG Clementines, you will have to tell us if you noticed differences between this new Lil Missy and the old one. I found them to be VERY different. I had both in my possession for a couple months and the differences were obvious. One last thing, I’m changing parts on my Clem and fancying it up a bit; my sister got a 2019 Clem L (happy 10th anniversary to her from her husband) in chameleon green like yours. Hers is completely stock, stem and all. I will drive to Minnesota with mine in tow this summer and we will be able to compare both our Clems and see how different I’ve really made mine from hers. Or not. I’d love to read all your many thoughts on all things Clementine, as you get acquainted. Leah Henderson,NV Sent from my iPad > On Apr 15, 2020, at 6:23 PM, Mark Roland <absolutegal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks guys. > > Bob, yes,. convivial indeed, as Ivan would say. Hope we can have some East > Coast convivial again this summer or fall! > > Jason, when the Clementine was first unveiled, I thought, gadzooks, that is > the ugliest bike I've ever seen. Somehow not a minute later I decided it was > beautiful and I would buy one. I guess I had a conversion moment. > > Tim, this is not my first time at the Clem Rodeo. It's like an old friend > that you call up after a few years and pick up where you left off! > >> On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:12:00 PM UTC-4, Bob Ehrenbeck wrote: >> Mark, >> >> That Raleigh Bronze-Green-like color is gorgeous! I love all the retro >> touches on the build; your Clem just oozes conviviality! : ) >> >> Bob E >> Cranford, NJ > > -- > 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/hQWVYMP48aY/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/b2405de0-a76c-48a0-aa71-1eb5f1d29b2b%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/E94F03C4-3C94-4672-B6A4-EB47B0E5510B%40gmail.com.
