Very nice Bill, cheers for the story and wow at 16 bikes - it is heartening to read that even with that collection it's the Hillborne that would outlast them all - I feel the same about mine, though I've only had it two years! Any idea as to what its mileage would be? It does sound like the perfect situation, having it at the office - it's kind of like you do just have one bike when you're there, and supports your claim that it would be The One.
I wonder how many bikes I'd have if space wasn't such a restriction for me... On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 10:11:01 UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I've admittedly got a huge stable of bikes. It has "swole" to fully 16 > bikes at the moment. I'm really proud of the fact that all of them are > dialed and that I ride them all. As a result, even though I put down a > decent amount of mileage, none of my bikes has been ridden an epic amount. > > The bike I've owned the longest and ridden the most is my 56cm Rivendell > Sam Hillborne. I bought it initially in December of 2009. My work > situation recently changed and has me travelling to Wayne County Michigan > once a month, for at least a week at a time. As an investment in my own > quality of life away from home, I shipped out my Hillborne, which now lives > in my office. At first it seemed like exile, but now I realize it's a > position of honor. Here on the west edge of the eastern time zone, it > stays light until 9PM or later, so there's a ton of time to get riding in, > and when the choices are watching TV in a hotel room or going on a ride, > it's been quite easy to put quite a few miles in. When you have only one > bike, the choice is "ride or don't ride". There's no fretting over > wear-leveling the whole stable. Over this past weekend I made a longer > trek out into Washtenaw County to visit Ann Arbor. It's shocking how > quickly the miles peel away when there are no hills to speak of. > > My Sam Hillborne is freaking perfect, and there is no question in my mind > that if I had to downsize from 16 bikes to 1, the Hillborne would be the > one I'd keep. Here's a few shots of my endeavors to increase my footprint > in Wayne County. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51184956010 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51183817561 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51183880066 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51183881196 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51184958840 > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA (but sometimes Livonia, MI) > -- 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/f98c0e16-fdb5-4a45-9bff-bfdecaddb04en%40googlegroups.com.
