Manny, Congratualtions! I'm looking forward to the accounts (and the photos that prove they happen) of the adventures you undertake with the new bike. The maiden voyage seems perfect in that regard. The pictures of the kid checking out the bike are great! Cheers, JimD On May 19, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Manuel Acosta wrote:
> Nothing beats New Bike Day. Rode the new bike to work. It was funny because > my student's seem more excited about the bike then I am. LIke any new shiny > thing with wheels, all the kids wanted to ride it. I'm not good at describing > the feel of a new steel bike so I'll quote some of the things the kids say. " > So smooth", " The pedals are smart", " This bike feels so right!" was the > general conversation after students took turns riding it around the school. > So since school got out early I took the long way home. Decided to see if > there was a way to bike from Ed Levin to Mission Peak. There is but not an > easy way. The maiden bike voyage turned into a maiden hike the bike uphills. > But the new bike got dirty so all was well. > > It's kind of hard to describe how guilt ridden I felt having to receive such > a nice gift. Call it my stubbornness to accept help or my pride of having to > try and deal with my mistakes on my own. Having gotten to talk to a bunch of > people on the forum in person they really helped me understand that it's okay > to accept other people's help. Grant put in better words "Everybody who helps > you will be getting more out of it than they're giving, so you can > legitimately think of this as a gift the givers are giving to themselves." > It's interesting to note that despite how amazing this gesture is that the > lovely folks at Rivendell HQ didn't make a huge deal about it. Which made me > feel a lot more comfortable about accepting the bike, since it was done a > month ago. (alas I don't check my voice messages) It was funny because of how > awkward I felt during the last few months about the bike I didn't really have > the courage to ask about the progress or if it was even done. I figured when > the bike was ready and the time was right it would be done. > This bike is more meaningful to me knowing that so many people were willing > to contribute in so many ways. It's hard to even express a really thank you > over a simple forum, so I'll just do it through pictures. > > Because pictures proved how grateful I am. > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzqBUdq > > -Manny "Now to get it dirty" Acosta > > > -- > 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/-/7PEnKU6RB1AJ. > 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.
