I rode Bridgestones back in the day, starting with my first new mountain bike, an MB-4. My local shop was a Bridgestone dealer so I saw all of models come through over the years. I eventually purchased an RB-2 as well and pined away over the XO-1. I loved the Bridgestone catalogs and Grant's writing / philosophy on bikes and bike riding. I broke the frame on the MB-4 eventually and got a warrantied replacement at the tail end of Bridgestone in North America. This was a while after they were available retail. They replaced my MB-4 with an MB-2 frame and I rode that bike and my RB for many, many years as my primary around-town and road bikes. By that time I was into suspension on my mountain bikes and went down that rabbit hole for another decade or so.
I found this group in 2010 or so when I was getting disillusioned with my big mountain bikes and the suspension arms race and was looking for a new direction with my riding. During this time my primary riding was commuting to work and exploring the back roads where I live, all things better done on a bike other than full suspension all mountain machines. I finally made the leap in 2017 when I found myself on good financial footing and bought an Appaloosa. An Atlantis followed that. Then a Hillborne. Then I traded the Hillborne for a Susie. Now a Gus on the way. I sold my last modern bike last year and used the funds to buy wheels and fancy bling for the Appaloosa. Getting into Rivendells has totally changed how I think about my bikes, bike riding, and how they fit into my life. I'm so glad to that I just get to go casually exploring and wandering now instead of dressing up and for a RIDE. Bikes are a bigger part of my life than ever because they are just something that fit into everything I do now, from getting groceries to commuting to wandering the many trails in my local woods. -Erik -- 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/298d090b-3dce-463f-93d3-671c6b6a16den%40googlegroups.com.
