Why don't you take your Clem in its new gravel-ready configuration and try it out? Or am I missing something here? Like maybe one of the Platypi is easier to transport, for example...just a question from someone on the precious side of the spectrum who definitely thinks nice beaters also have a place in the stable...and when she was still working, would never, ever lock up her Rivendells outside downtown and tempt fate.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:22:09 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Two things. > > 1. Caroline, I think of you so often. How is it going with the Betty > repairs? > > 2. I am going on my annual trip to see family in MN/ND this weekend. I > will drive and can thus choose a bike to bring along. I am trying to choose > between Platys and am faced with the Am I Being Precious question again. I > adore both bikes, but the raspberry is more dear. If I take the mermaid > bike, there is less worry over anything happening to it. But the memories I > want to make are on the red bike. But I love riding the mermaid bike. But I > love looking at the red bike. And so on and so forth. > > On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 3:46:26 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> It's really too bad that they stopped making those baskets. Wicker is >> wonderful stuff; I recall verandah furniture in 1960s India hand-made from >> cane wicker; tough stuff, tho' it did tend to flex when old and make neat >> creaking sounds. But so much more honest than cheap-shite aluminum and >> plastic webbing, and much longer lasting. I recall that cheap split-wood >> (?) bushel and smaller baskets were common cheap bulk produce containers in >> 1960s grocery stores and, even in early 1980s Quebec supermarches, Ste. >> Anne de Beaupre strawberries would be stacked in season in disposable ~ >> half-gallon-sized split wood baskets. >> >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:32 AM Jamie Hascall <mr.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> To answer Patrick's other questions about the baskets on Betsy's >>> Glorious, they came from Velo-Orange and were made by an Amish family in >>> Minnesota. I had totally forgotten that but when I searched for "Amish >>> bicycle basket", the post from their blog came up. Astonishing! Sadly, >>> they didn't continue in production. Check it out. >>> https://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2007/02/amish-baskets-for-bikes.html >>> >> -- 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/a0233c12-fb31-4a56-a78e-67eaa165e4f2n%40googlegroups.com.
