I used to work at Baskin Robbins for 8 years. About every other Saturday my buddy Will would come by on his bike to get a scoop of ice cream. Intrigued that he biked everywhere I figured I needed a hobby for the summer so I asked him one Saturday where would be a good place to buy a bike. He suggested Cycles of Change ( Now it's called Changing Gears) a non-profit bike shop ran to give under privileged youth job experience working on used bikes. At first I wanted to just buy a mountain bike but because of the rarity of them getting a entry level road bike my size my buddy Will was animate about me getting that bike. I figure it would be an investment if I bought something nice now instead of paying more latter. So the flood gates were open. Biking to school and work was the norm. I never once thought that what I was riding was not meant for commuting or that I put my life in danger riding on a carbon fork and spokeless wheels. Ignorance was bliss in my terms. Eventually one of the rides that I did with Will and the lovely folks of Changing Gears ended up at Rivendell. Not really understanding what the hype was all about I never understood how magical Rivendell was until my first time there. Short description of that particular ride can be found here.
Typically pictures proved that my photography has grown. ( not by much) http://flic.kr/s/aHsjoVF9Cc After that trip and many trips after that I was Rivendell crazy. But on my meager college budget I didn't have the funds for a new bike. So I did what many of guys did I scourged the interweb for a use Rivendell bike in my price range. And so thats how I met Rene on craigslist. Originally I was planning to buy his Italian Frame but after some talking I found that we both had very similar ideals when it came to biking, despite our huge age gap. He so happened to have a frame he was planning to build up but never got to over the years. After many months of begging he finally sold the frame to me. I used my first paycheck from my first real job to buy my first Rivendell bike my Bleriot. Pictures proved I built up the first one. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjoJjbFx After buying the Bleriot from Rene he suggested going on this list to find parts. And I guess the rest is history. -Manny "So many stories) 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/-/pCoSpKRaqbsJ. 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.
