Hi Aaron, I'd love to see and maybe even ride that Susie! That seems like a really cool bike.
I'm a relatively new Riv rider, having just bought a 61.5 blue Homer back in November, but I love it and have ridden it quite a bit. I usually get in a 30-50 mile ride on the weekend and some shorter stuff during the week. Prior to buying the Homer, I was riding an ~2008 Lemond Versailles, a carbon frame (mostly) bike with super skinny tires. I liked that well enough (I still have it and ride it), but could feel that it was going to become more and more problematic as I get older (I'm 63 now). BTW, I have albatross bars on my Homer, and love them. Because I liked the Homer so much, I got my wife a 60.5 sergio green Platypus earlier this year. That's a great bike, too, and it's a big enough frame that I can ride it, so that's 2 Riv models I have tried. But I sure would like to try others. I do have one other bike. My 1987 yellow Cannondale MTB that I bought new. It's pretty scraped up now and so has become my cruiser bike for short errands. And that's the bike that I commuted to work at Sandia Labs for 30 years on! Earlier this year I added a Nitto Dirtdrop stem to that and some bosco bars to make the riding position more upright and relaxed, and I'm happy with the result, though it does look like a franken-bike now. Chris On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM Aaron Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Last year I built up a green Susie and, when the 64 cm Homer frames went > on sale, I made the financially questionable decision of building that up, > too. > > I love both. Ride the Homer more frequently. It's great around town. > Currently, it's got Noodles on it, but I might buy some Loscos and a > ridiculously long stem to make it more upright for my recovery. > > What do you all ride? > > Aaron > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 9:16 AM Christopher Young <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Aaron, >> >> great to hear from you and I'm sorry to hear about your current health >> issues. I'll add you to my list of Riv riders (not a very long list, >> currently) and will check in with you about fall rides >> In the meantime, I hope you feel better soon and can get back on the bike! >> BTW, what model bike do you ride? I have seen a few Riv riders around >> town so maybe I've seen you at some point. >> >> Regards, >> >> Chris Young >> >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM Aaron Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If I weren't recovering from a long hospital stay and some pesky kidney >>> failure, I'd be in. Keep me in the loop for some fall rides when I'll >>> (hopefully) be back in the saddle. >>> >>> Aaron >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 9:48:46 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Please do give the boblist a try. I'm glad to hear you are getting some >>>> nice rides in. This is one of my least favorite times of the year due to >>>> the heat, but so long as I can get out early, it works. and I have had some >>>> really nice rides this summer. >>>> >>>> We are going to Costa Rica July 19-27, so probably sometime after that. >>>> And then I have trip to Utah August 5-10, and a camping trip to Colorado >>>> Aug 17-21. Somehow everything got bunched later in the Summer. >>>> >>>> Let me know how the boblist goes. So far no replies from RBW, but the >>>> posting has barely been up. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Three will be a fine group. >>>>> >>>>> Do you want me to advertise on the Boblist? Probably few Rivendell >>>>> riders who are not on the RBW list, but we may get a few sympathetic >>>>> souls; >>>>> there is even more ideological overlap between the lists than membership >>>>> overlap, and both groups started with Grant. >>>>> >>>>> Bikes and Coffee: no, I’ve not been there, but I would be delighted to >>>>> try it out. >>>>> >>>>> Let’s wait for a couple of days to see if others respond. IME, many >>>>> RBW list members don’t read the list every day. >>>>> >>>>> I had a nice fixed gear 27 mile rolling hills ride this morning with a >>>>> friend (on a Black Mountain Monster Cross 2X11) and I am surprised at how >>>>> good I feel afterward. I would have gone a full 35 miles but I didn’t eat >>>>> breakfast and didn’t bring a snack, so bailed as my blood sugar bottomed >>>>> out. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM Christopher Young <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We'll see what if any response I get, but as of now we should have at >>>>>> least 3 because my wife is now a Riv rider, too. She's concerned about >>>>>> keeping up but I told her this needn't be a particularly long or fast >>>>>> ride. >>>>>> I've done a couple of 20-25 mile rides with her and those went well, so >>>>>> she'll be fine. >>>>>> BTW, I bet I already asked, but have you tried Bike In Coffee? I've >>>>>> been there twice now and really like it. They've got a pretty decent >>>>>> selection of food and it's such a nice place to hang out. I think both >>>>>> times we went it was Sunday morning and there was a jazz band playing >>>>>> some >>>>>> mellow stuff. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 17 years ago last March, March 2008, we had Albuquerque’s first and >>>>>>> only iBob ride and collected riders from as far north as Los Alamos as >>>>>>> well >>>>>>> as several from here in town. But while there’s overlap between the iBob >>>>>>> list and the RBW list I don’t think a great deal of it happens in ABQ. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At any rate, I just had a good 2-person ride this morning and would >>>>>>> enjoy a 2-person Official Albuquerque Rivendell Ride, if we stop at >>>>>>> Flying >>>>>>> Star at or near the end of the ride. (I started without breakfast this >>>>>>> morning and brought no food so this morning did not complete the final 8 >>>>>>> mile RT to/from the starting point but bailed at 26 miles 1 mile from my >>>>>>> house. A Flying Star stop would have made those remaining 8 miles a >>>>>>> doddle.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I will ride my all-time fave, the ’99 Joe fixed, with or without a >>>>>>> 2-speed IGH rear wheel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM Christopher Young <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi ABQ Area Riv Owners, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Inspired by the Dallas TX group, I would like to invite any Riv >>>>>>>> owners in the ABQ area (maybe even Santa Fe?) to participate in a group >>>>>>>> ride on a yet to be determined date. Why do this? To get to see and >>>>>>>> maybe >>>>>>>> ride some other Rivs, to get to meet some other bike lovers that aren't >>>>>>>> interested in following all the latest biking trends, to learn about >>>>>>>> new >>>>>>>> bike routes, etc. >>>>>>>> Patrick Moore has already told me he'd be glad to participate. >>>>>>>> Let me know if you are interested in participating or if you have >>>>>>>> any questions or suggestions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thanks! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Chris Young >>>>>>>> ABQ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4d2138b5-2ec1-49f8-938c-dbc48a8a55e7n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> 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