Given that qualifier, I'd have to say after doing a fingers and toes count of every bike I've ever owned, starting with a 24" Schwinn cantilever framed bike back in the mid-50's, that the diamond framed steel Rambouillet is not only the bike I'd like to have for the rest of my life (and plan to), but *the* bike I wish I would have had all along during the past 50 or so years of "serious" cycling. 'Course, I've never owned any other frame styles that fall into the mixte or step-through categories and it may well happen that I'll eventually become too old and decrepit to be able to throw my leg over the top tube of a diamond frame and will need to get a mixte or step-through of some kind, something with which I will have no problem. Maybe I'll just ride my wife's Breezer Uptown.
On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 9:35:24 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I think Grant, in his casual manner of speaking, means “typical.” And I > take that to refer to diamond frame. > > I might say that no one has worked harder to make mixtes/step-through > frames acceptable to men than Rivendell. Erasing the Clem H and only > offering that model in the L version was huge. And now I see men of all > ages riding Clem Ls and the connotation to “girl bike” is fading. > Leah > > On Apr 2, 2022, at 10:00 AM, George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Curious that he uses the term "normal" for other than mixte. What's > "normal"? A diamond shaped road frame? A step-through (which is different > than mixte)? > > > > On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 8:22:50 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> [image: 1154624B-CA95-4486-9D2B-97EF158D1790.jpeg][image: >> 3F33C3A3-4976-4724-8514-59BFF118CA62.jpeg] >> >> If you follow Rivendell on Instagram, they asked their followers a fun >> question yesterday: >> >> You get one bike for the rest of your life - what frame material, and >> what style - mixte or normal? >> >> Attached is a screenshot of Grant’s quote and Betsy Streeter’s art. >> >> What a question! The frame material and style is easy - I love a >> Rivendell steel mixte, but only one? In the end, my #1 is my raspberry >> Platypus, but I’d cry real tears if parted from my Clem L or my shopping >> Platypus. Up until 2020 I was a one bike gal, but I am really savoring >> having a trio of bikes set up for different enjoyments. I chose the >> raspberry mixte as my One Bike Forever because it’s the most beautiful, >> does whatever I want it to, and has heaps of sentimental value. >> >> What would be your One Bike Forever? Do you have that bike or is it a >> dream bike? Do you have a photo? >> Leah >> >> -- > 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/uIxvJuDqMQQ/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5444e3ee-9322-4d42-bb44-bd8b6d8edebdn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5444e3ee-9322-4d42-bb44-bd8b6d8edebdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/4dd3b233-a6fb-4d73-8be4-adc9aebc504bn%40googlegroups.com.
