Thank you, Steve. The charcoal has a little sparkle, and I like the red contrast paint. That Cervelo has a beautiful sea green/metallic finish. In the sun it just shimmers. I've never ridden a carbon frame, but lifting it onto the rack sure is a different experience than the Riv! Matt in STL
On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 8:26:10 PM UTC-6 Steve wrote: > Matt, nice looking Homer - I really like that paint job. Not to dis the > the Cervelo, but ... seeing it parked next to your Homer reminds me why > Rivendell bikes matter! > > Steve in AVL > On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 9:05:03 PM UTC-5 matt miller wrote: > >> It's not very pretty here, and I didn't take photos. But on the ride home >> through St. Louis there was someone on the street with a smoker. (It is >> STL, after all.) Figured I'd best stop. All in all, a quite nice 30 miles. >> But pretty much any ride is gonna be good if it has ribs. >> >> [image: IMG_3527.jpeg] >> >> On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 7:45:28 PM UTC-6 John Rinker wrote: >> >>> What a nice experience, Ted. Thanks for sharing that fine reminder. >>> >>> November maple leaves from a ride today. Cold but sunny. >>> [image: IMG_5885.jpg] >>> Cheers, John >>> On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 3:23:51 PM UTC-8 Jay wrote: >>> >>>> Lovely photos, Ted. And such a great reminder about not being too >>>> quick to judge and label people. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:06:22 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 8:08:02 AM UTC-6 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We had our November ABQ steel bikes ride yesterday, much of it on dirt >>>>> roads and paths though the bosque (forest) along the Rio Grande. >>>>> >>>>> That's a good lookin' bunch! >>>>> >>>>> I mostly ride north and west, into the farmlands. For 30 years riding >>>>> south was riding to work. We had a near perfect November morning and I >>>>> decided to do an easy trip along the Milwaukee lakefront and reminded >>>>> myself how luck I am to live here. >>>>> >>>>> On the bike path I met a couple of young'uns on name-brand carbon >>>>> bikes with name-brand kit. They were riding over 20mph and chatting like >>>>> it >>>>> was an easy Sunday morning ride. One of them complimented my bike and >>>>> asked >>>>> if it was made by Rivendell. I laughed and said I have a lot of >>>>> Rivendells, >>>>> but this isn't one of them! They were super nice guys, talked about >>>>> wanting >>>>> a Rivendell (Appaloosa is on his list), and appreciated Grant's >>>>> contributions to the biking world. It was a good reminder to me not to >>>>> assume anything about anyone on appearances alone! >>>>> >>>>> [image: IMG_3236.jpeg] >>>>> [image: IMG_3237.jpeg] >>>>> [image: IMG_3238.jpeg] >>>>> Ted Durant >>>>> Milwaukee, WI USA >>>>> >>>> -- 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/4e7d15f1-3d22-4a80-a537-bffe3e4e7474n%40googlegroups.com.
