Oh come now, friends, let’s not be that sensitive. 2nd bike: keeping my Clem. It’s a step thru, it’s dear, but it pains me that I can’t also keep my mermaid Platy.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 8, 2022, at 7:22 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would propose no violent references to what bike you would keep. > >> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 4:09:07 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: >> The apocalypse/age angle came later; the original question was, if one only, >> which one? >> >> Me, tho' I'm quite clear which "one and only" I'd choose, I'd like to >> propose a followup thread: Gunman holds gun to (your) temple, sez: "It's >> your life; I don't care. Which second bike would you keep, after relegating >> #s 3 sq to the abyss?" (Eloquent gunman, that.) I think another responder >> already broached this thread extension. >> >> I'll lead: My 2020 Chauncey Matthews clone of 2003 Curt Goodrich 26" wheel >> Road custom, but tweaked with Grant-forbiddent things like hub gear and very >> weird braze-on embellishments (details upon request). The 2003 was a near >> clone of the 1999, and the Matthews replicates it in thinner wall, thinner >> gauge tubing, for -- Yes! -- that true planing experience. That the '03 was >> too stout I realized after 15 years. >> >> Patrick Moore, grimly bottom-trimming for the common good, in ABQ, NM. >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 4:40 PM Jay Lonner <jay.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Kinda late to this one, but if the point of the question is to call >>> attention to the virtues of step-through frames for the aging cyclist I >>> agree with the sentiment that a tadpole-style trike is a better choice for >>> those with a whole host of musculoskeletal ailments and/or balance issues. >>> Back to the wall, if I could only have one bike for the rest of my life >>> it’d be an aluminum e-assist trike, which is about as anti-Riv as you can >>> get. > > -- > 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8ca90b8f-d80d-4392-a159-d1c7b0cba818n%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/66900104-CB7B-4A2D-AE06-64192AA02C34%40gmail.com.
