Thanks for the "photo-essay" Manny - nicely done! Angus
On Jul 23, 12:35 am, manueljohnacosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Before my trip to San Diego(previously Tijuana but at Grant's > suggestion changed to San Diego) I had a good conversation with my > good friends dad, Dave about bike culture. After looking at my bike > and riding it around he fell in love with the feel and the looks. He > talked about how the bike reminded him about the bikes he used to ride > all the time back in the days. He said my bike looked like the old > school style bikes but rode a lot better. So when I told him about the > shop and it's attitude towards bikes he was excited enough to ride > with me to visit it. So we rode to the shop from San Leandro and all > along the way we swapped stories of past rides we did. Despite us > being generations apart we shared a connection about biking and it's > functionally and beauty. We got to the shop and he instantly fell in > love with the place. The low-hassle/no pressure selling, the beautiful > ascetics of the bikes, and the general feel of the place. He was > surprised to find the old rack that he used when he was younger and > bought a bag to go with it. Grant also showed me a beautiful green > RenoVelo that used to be a custom fixed gear bike. He improved the > frame by adding more braze ons for racks and fenders and he's planning > to make it into a single speed, sadly as nice as it is it was no where > near my size. He also got my to try a cowboy shirt. I am no cowboy, as > much as Grant says that I look like one, but the shirt looked pretty > darn good, and plenty functional. The buttons work nicely and there's > a pen opening for the front pocket.Sadly because of the school that I > work at I'm not able to wear red or blue so I told Grant that when the > next shipment comes in I'll buy one, I did buy a pair of all black > Musa shorts. We finished the ride having lunch at Tullio's next door > and when we got back to our bikes one of the workers put Dave's rack > on for free! At the end of the trip Dave also gave me a copy of his > book "Mill Valley Memories". He was nice enough to write this in the > front cover, > > "For Manny, who is keeping the very best traditions of bicycling > alive! Thanks for the ride! -Dave" > > As much as this message mean to me I really think this should go to > Rivendell. So thanks goes to Rivendell, and thank you Grant for > keeping the very best traditions of bicycling alive and bring > generations of bicyclist together! > > -Manny "Lets bike to Tijuana!" Grant, "Don't go to Tijuana" Acosta > > Pictures prove that it happen! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157624437991369/ -- 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.
