That was a very enjoyable read. I’m with Steve, I’m going to have to bookmark that one!
The story reminds me of two things: How much I appreciate my LBS for very similar reasons (though, I’m still trying to get comfortable with the new owners) and my absolute loathing of proprietary parts which has driven my taste in bikes over the last few years; ever since snapping the fork off a late 2000s carbon bike. After 6 months of searching I finally found a fork with a compatible taper to replace it. I immediately sold the bike and swore I’d never again buy a bike without thoroughly understanding every component and aspect of it (including minutiae such as head tube tapers and BB compatibility). This has turned me in to what my friends call a “retro grouch” but I prefer to think of myself as a standards compliant cyclist. On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 10:11 AM Steve <stevedfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good read! Thanks Max for sharing the link - I just may have to add the > site to my list of cycling related bookmarks. > > On Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 7:27:45 AM UTC-4 maxcr wrote: > >> I read this and it’s the kind of thing I love about bikes and good people >> around bikes, good read for a rainy Sunday morning, hope it’s ok to post >> since it’s barely Riv adjacent: >> https://escapecollective.com/an-ode-to-the-old-school-bike-shop/ >> >> Hope you enjoy it >> >> Max >> > -- > 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/b7e22cc5-74fa-45c8-ba25-4f03f8d289bdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b7e22cc5-74fa-45c8-ba25-4f03f8d289bdn%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/CANCvShqB0nnYuHDQe2ukzzhbcY762dDpRnBZr8e7e2eqZ%2B-Gfw%40mail.gmail.com.
