Hi Bob. That's a nice moment. My neighborhood has gotten quite young and trendy over the last stretch of years. I think the fixed gear thing got a lot of people out riding in my neighborhood, but now I'm seeing a shift amongst the 20-to-30 year-old set. I see more and more bikes being ridden around shod in fenders, baskets, and shellacked bars. Nitto is highly prized, as are Brooks saddles, lugs, racks, and nice bags. It's a real neat thing to see. People will chat you up, knowledgeably too, about your cool, classy bike. Here's a common weekend sight: http://tinyurl.com/26sy744
When the Mission punk-rock-oriented Pedal Revolution shop is selling Brooks, Nitto racks, and Rambouillets, you know something has changed! :) Also, Box Dog Bikes has probably heavily influenced the younger masses around here, as well. That's a fine shop with classic sensibilities that brings together both the track-side and BOBish-side of the bike world into one small storefront. I've only been riding my Quickbeam for a week now, but I've had six people ask me who makes it :) Best, Lee On Jun 15, 2:10 am, "Robert F. Harrison" <rfharri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I love my Quickbeam and live in Hawaii, but that's not really the point > of this email, though my QB is involved... > > I was on my way home today after doing a bit of research for a volunteer > project this weekend and decided to stop to get sandwich to take home. As > I'm netting my sandwich to my Platrack I hear a distinct, "Excuse me, I just > came over to look at your bike. I was across the street and thought I saw a > Rivendell." > > There stood a nice young man, goes by the hand of Evil Genius online, who > quite obviously was digging my QB. He's definitely going to be riding one > sooner or later if I'm any judge of character. He said he'd seen maybe three > here on Oahu. I've seen one, mine. > > I ended up taking a picture of my bike to send to him, so I'm including that > here. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/4702877562/ > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/4702877562/> > > But that isn't even the point. He sent me a link with a shot of his Riv-ish > Masi (no fenders, but no one is perfect). > > http://gs-guccilife.blogspot.com/2008/05/alohamrmasi.html > <http://gs-guccilife.blogspot.com/2008/05/alohamrmasi.html> > > He mentioned that the stems and bars are Nittos from Riv and that recently > he's put another coat of shellac on things that needed shellacing. > > Finally he noted that he's up at a place called K-VIBE here in Kalihi which > I've simply got to go check out.... > > http://k-vibe.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-k-vibe-works.html > <http://k-vibe.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-k-vibe-works.html> > > My bike was especially happy today because someone besides me got to > appreciate it! > > Aloha! Bob > > -- > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrix.statrix.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
