Henry Rollins sure sounds like a Riv bike. Speaking in Thumbs 👍
> On Jun 4, 2020, at 5:45 PM, Mark Roland <absolutegal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I had a Scorcher. It was fun, but not in the same league as a Rivendell > quality-wise. That bike was the brainchild of Wes Williams (and maybe Scot > Nicol?) Fixed gear, 700 x 41 tires, Cresent style handlebars, Brooks saddle. > Williams tigged the frames; used an aftermarket chrome cruiser fork with > lugged crown. > > The name came about because of a documentary at that time (early 90s) by Ted > White, Return of the Scorcher. This referred to the name given to early bikes > and riders in the late (18)90s, due to their speed. Fun fact, the movie was > also responsible for linking the term Critical Mass to cycling--at an early > showing in San Francisco, a group of activists picked up on George Bliss's > use of the term to describe a phenomena in China involving bike riders at > intersections. I got my Ibis as payment for a few ads they took in my > magazine at the time, In Traffic, The Metro Cycling Journal. > > Here it is on the web: > > https://youtu.be/K1DUaWJ6KGc > > >> On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 8:03:47 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: >> My dirty little secret is I'm really not a fan of anything but the most >> basic names like Road or Mountain, and traditional sounding stuff like >> Clubman. Although the best name ever was the Ibis Scorcher. Scorcher is >> untouchable. > > -- > 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/e535d2e9-4038-4342-ac0b-ab279efed71eo%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/3FDA3536-8E6D-4F78-848F-A9DCB1949843%40gmail.com.
