Ben, this was a real treat to read through. You have a fantastic collection of bikes, I'm not sure I could pick a favourite. Thank you for sharing and for your excellent write ups, something to aspire to for sure.
Thanks, Kathryn On Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 9:27:33 AM UTC+10 Ian A wrote: > Ben, > > Thank you for taking the time to photo and profile all your bikes. It has > been very enjoyable to peruse the collection and learn a little about your > eye for beautiful curation. My bikes are 1000 miles away from where I am > working at the moment, but they are mostly practical builds with little > attention to the aesthetic. Silver coloured cranks with the odd black > chainring, mismatched rim colours etc., but I enjoy the "functional > aesthetic" of my own builds. > > Hopefully this thread will lead to others profiling their collections too. > > IanA KitimatBC > > On Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 12:00:08 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> That’s quite a collection of interesting bikes. I’m curious why you use >> non-aero levers on many of them (“curious,” not disagreeing). >> >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM Ben Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Over on Drew's wonderfully titled thread Persnicketiness with color >>> combos/Wider aesthetic convo... >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/cxgHr0NMW-U> I wrote a >>> "dissertation" (Drew's words, not mine, but I like it) on my philosophially >>> on wider aesthetics and bike building. At the end of that post I added a >>> few words about about some of my own builds, but left out photos as I >>> didn't want to clutter up Drew's thread with what was already an overly >>> long post and I also didn't have necessarily have up to date photos for all >>> those bikes. >>> >>> So today I spent a couple of hours photographing my entire stable, plus >>> my wife's Platypus. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while now, >>> and this was a good motivator! That's 11 bikes total, but only 5 Rivs. So >>> be warned, this isn't 100% Riv content! Only 45% Riv content :) But they >>> are all steal bikes and heavily influenced by RBW philosophy. >>> >>> My idea is a create a post for each individual bike on this thread, but >>> here is the link to album if you just want to see the photos without >>> waiting for the rest of the thread. Link to Google Photos Album >>> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/pVnKsNNnRnqYRGrWA> >>> >>> And as I said in my dissertation, I welcome any honest, constructive >>> feedback :) >>> >>> -- >>> 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/439ef796-2b17-44cb-ba90-f7e8786a0e0dn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/439ef796-2b17-44cb-ba90-f7e8786a0e0dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- 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/3b99d907-5fa4-4391-9807-1f62a571d4ffn%40googlegroups.com.
