Thank you all for the therapy - I think I am going to take it to the fantastic bike fitter we have in Seattle (cascade bicycle studios...) and see if we can't stretch it out a bit. I then am going to ride it until it looks like Willy Nelson's guitar (or I look like Willy Nelson!)
If we can't make it fit, I will probably put it up for sale to one of you fine folks. I think I got the first scratch on a group ride this weekend, and the chain stay wrap got rubbed a little raw on the catamaran up to victoria last week ... Before long it will be scuffed up appropriate for its age. Cheers! G On Jul 10, 8:11 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Lynne Fitz <fitzb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > When I bought the Bleriot and built it up (and it is a nice build - > > Beth H, Calm54 and Gino can attest to that), I used it for everything > > but my "fast" bike. Rando, commuting, travel bike, occasional grocery > > runs. Friend: "you are going to commute on a RIVENDELL?" Me: "it is > > a bicycle. get over it." > > > Bleriot is now over 4 years old, looks like it has been ridden a few > > places, has nail polish over the scratches... I still commute on > > it. In a few weeks it will be packed up (S&S couplers. I said it > > was a nice build.), and taken to the summer place, where I will ride > > it to the beach, the grocery, the library, dump it in the sand behind > > my beach chair, etc, etc. It is a BIKE, not a museum piece. What > > would I be saving it for, anyway? > > I definitely agree with using the bike for whatever you'd use a bike > for - but at the same time - I kinda like cleaning up my bikes and > making them look pretty. Not obsessively but I do like to get brake > residue off of the fork blades, for example. > > -sv -- 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.
