So one thing I’ve noticed - I mean REALLY noticed - about our Rivendell bikes is that they get compliments.
I ride the Silver Comet near Atlanta. https://groups.google.com/g/bicycletouring/c/cFpcvUWqzkA For 15 years I rode a Diamondback Approach, a decent hybrid bike (as they called those back in the ’90s). I never heard a word from fellow riders. Then in 2015 I got a Sam Hillborne. Bog standard, as the Brits say - Sage Blue, cork grips. I added some fenders and started seriously hitting the trail for exercise. Suddenly folks are pulling up next to me (or going past), and saying “Nice bike!” Now I’m 74 and banging along at about 11 mph, so it’s not tough to pull up next to me. But this happens 2 - 3 times a year. It surprises me. A couple of nice ladies went on about the friction shifters and “a hard leather seat. He’s hard core!”, before riding off on their carbon Cannondales. A nice gentleman commented at length on the cork grips. Maybe he was a fly fisherman? It happened again yesterday when I stopped for water. Two guys also stopped and were very complimentary about the Sam. One asked to ride it (sure!) and came back grinning (“If I didn’t already have too many bikes…”) It surprised my wife, too. I built her up a Platypus last winter, and on her second ride she got a “Nice bike!” from someone. She came home with smiles. Does this happen to you when you ride your Rivendell? Tell us about the compliments you get. -- 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/2c98a2c9-5c65-4535-80ad-cd5cf960ee59n%40googlegroups.com.
