Well, I haven't been through the number of bicycles like I have musical instruments, so there is not as much regret here. Possibly the one I think about the most was an early Salsa Fargo. Was the bike I did my first century on and also my only 100 mile gravel road race (where I was the sweep). It could do anything. But in the end I was going away from drop bars and wanted something else.
But now I swing my leg through the Clem (or over the Hillborne) and am quite satisfied with what I have. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 7:27:29 PM UTC-5 Ian A wrote: > For me: 1) An Apollo Gran Tour built with Tange 2 that fit me like a > glove. I hadn't considered converting to 650b at the time and passed it on > after I decided 28mm tires were too narrow. It was a bike I used for > everything when I livedi n Vancouver and am always looking for another in > the same size and colour. Good times. > > 2) A Kona Explosif. The owner wanted it out of the garage and it was very > cheap. Full XT and a segmented rigid fork. It rode very nicely. A work > aquaintance who was supporting a large family had mentioned he wanted to > improve his fitness and buy a bicycle, so I sold it to him for what I paid > for it hoping a nice bike would help him achieve his fitness goal. He did > not appreciate what a wonderful bike it was and basically never used it. > Never thanked me for helping him was even quite rude to me when I asked him > if he was making use of it. > > 3) Giving away my old Sekine. No idea what tubeset it had, but I regularly > used to pass people on far nicer bikes on long climbs. It had a bit of > magic to it and strangely enough, was a nerd magnet. Many friendly chats > with strangers due to that bicycle. The new owner used it somewhat, but > never loved it like I did! > > But, despite the few regrets I am happy with the current stable. My trusty > Marinoni Turismo which took me to the tip of South America, a much abused > 1980's Rocky Mountain grocery getter/winter bike and my two rSogns which > get used for distance riding. I feel like the two rSogns could be slightly > better optimized for fit, but when I finally nail that aspect they'll be > close to ideal bicycles. > > IanA Alberta Canada > > > On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 3:28:21 PM UTC-6 Evan E. wrote: > >> Univega Gran Rally circa 1986. I think the official color name was coral >> but it was shimmering, pearlescent pink. Chromoly frame, nice and lively, >> with diamond cutouts on the lugs. A tad small, so I sold it. But once in a >> while, when I hear "When You Were Young" on the radio, it all comes back. >> :) >> >> -- 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/6bb83f8c-cc30-4b46-acec-46032325147bn%40googlegroups.com.
