Just fired off essentially the same reaction privately to Michael. This is a very thoughtful (and for me and my o'erweening ego, helpful to keep in mind) post.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PATRICK MOORE Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Was gonna buy a Riv but didnt... Well put and accurate! -- as I can verify from inveterate personal experience. Patrick "now I want ..." Moore On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Michael Hechmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Two contradictory pieces of learned wisdom about this. > First, the ego wants wanting more than it wants having. So, as soon > as we satisfy a want, the ego move on to wanting something else. If > that weren't true our consumer driven economy would pretty much > collapse. Three months after getting a new Riv road bike the owner > will read in fantastic custom bike review in Bicycle Quarterly and the > ego will start wanting again. Some people get swept away and some hang onto > reality. > Second, virtually all product lines exist along a price / performance > line, and somewhere that line has a sharp bend in it. Up to that > curve additional spending yields significant advantages, after the > curve the buyer has to spend increasingly large amounts of money to > get less and less advantage (except perhaps to the irrational ego). > For example, reducing the weight of a bike from 27 to 26 lbs without > sacrificing strength cost very little, but reducing it from 17 to 16 lbs. > will cost quite a bit more. > Rivendell bikes are pretty much positioned near the top of the break > on the bicycle frame cost - performance curve. Unless you have some > special need, like an unusual body shape or unique high milage > application it doesn't make a lot of sense to move up the curve on a > new frame. But that is not universally true for all the other parts. > Many of the components Riv supplies as stock are good parts with good > cost - performance trade offs but are still closer to the bottom of > the break in that curve. So the buyer would be much wiser to > gradually upgrade components - hubs & rims, cranks and brakes. Over > the years I have upgraded my stock Rambouillet - White hubs, Open Pro > rims, White VBC crank, Paul's Racer M brakes. The bike is now lighter, > stronger, more responsive, and much easier to maintain. > Now all I have left to do is ride the bike and control my ego. > Michael, > take care of Self; it's one of a kind and irreplaceable > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/TJt_bvKBK74J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW [email protected] A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. 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