I have to agree with you. The very first Rivendell bike I saw in person at a Caltrain station was a green Sam H. and I fell in love with its color. On my first ever visit to RBW, when I was test riding them and deliberating between the Homer and the Sam, their different colors were a strong factor in my internal debate.
In the end I chose the Homer because the test model I rode felt better, but that green color has always been at the back of my mind waiting for an excuse to repaint one of my bikes. The time may come sooner than anticipated, so we'll see... Congratulate your wife on her beautiful Betty. René On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Smitty-A-Go-Go <54ca...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Sam Hill Green" > > When we went into Riv HQ for test rides the wife wanted an Yves Gomes > because she thought she wanted a black bike. I wouldn't let her pick black > and Vince graciously accepted the challenge to show us frames until she > picked a "real" color. He bent over backwards to drag out frame after frame > from all over the shop so we could look at colors. A dozen or so frames > into it the wife was still set on black. Vince had an Ah-Ha! moment and > brought out a frame painted 'Sam Hill Green'. As soon as she saw it in the > sun, she knew that that was the color she wanted. > > It's a marvelously beautiful color. It's way too nuanced to really be > captured in a photo. Depending on the light it can appear anywhere from a > rich olive to almost silver. It's got sparkly flecks that make the paint > look 3D. And the red tires + silver accessories set it off. It's not nearly > as showy with black/gum tires. I was tempted to get my AHH in the same > color but the wife was clear that we were not going to have matchy-match > bikes. > > --Smitty > > > -- > 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/-/RGEcHTfdWqkJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
