[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Received a compliment yesterday on my just rebuilt sage green SamH. Stopped at a local bakery and a customer walking out kept staring at the bike (not at me) and finally said "what a beautiful bike". She continued to stare and shook her head in disbelief. She then said it looked custom. I thanked her and told it was a labor of love. Sure made my day. May you all get compliments on your Rivs this weekend! Rich in ATL On Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 11:19:22 PM UTC-4, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > I don't own a Riv but my wife and I had ventured over to a local Cajun > restaurant for lunch and seeing there was a bike shop next door, I had to > stroll over after eating. It was a slow day so the owner and I started > chatting and somehow Rivendell came up and he said "One of my customers has > a Rivendell and when he brings it in..I just can't stop looking at > it..". > > > > > > > On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:18:57 AM UTC-5, LeRoy wrote: >> >> I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have >> put about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in >> my Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of >> the brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's >> something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented >> bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. >> Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call >> out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty >> chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and >> called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must >> say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
I don't own a Riv but my wife and I had ventured over to a local Cajun restaurant for lunch and seeing there was a bike shop next door, I had to stroll over after eating. It was a slow day so the owner and I started chatting and somehow Rivendell came up and he said "One of my customers has a Rivendell and when he brings it in..I just can't stop looking at it..". On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:18:57 AM UTC-5, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
I just got my first compliment on my Roadini after less than 10 rides on it. I saw a young man looking my way from an adjoining bike path. He rode over and caught up with me to say "Nice bike". I've had the same type of experience while riding my other two steel bikes. In one case I was riding down a curved ramp from a bike bridge and a college-aged guy and girl were sitting on a low wall at the bottom. He was staring intently at me as I came down and I wasn't sure why. As I passed he had a wide-eyed look and said "I really like your bike". That was my 650b low trail bike. In all cases the complimenters have been men 30 to 40-some years younger than I am. It's great to see them appreciate nice steel bikes (and maybe someone old enough to be their grandmother out riding). On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8:18:57 AM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
On a ride with my new-to-me orange Ram, I encountered two episodes of this, on a 20-mile ride on Minuteman Commuter Bikeway: May I photograph your bicycle? (this really happened...) Interestingly, they photographer wasn't keying off "Riv" per se, but thought it was a beautiful steel bike (and who could argue with that?)... The second episode was on the return leg of the same ride, when a gentleman overtook me and matched speed for about 1/4 mile, asking me about the bike in great detail, and praising it to the stars. It's a little like walking a really cute dog... I guess good design will do that for you. rod On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:18:57 AM UTC-4, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Also, being one who lives in a very car-centric part of the U.S., bicycle compliments here are rare as "hen's teeth". Instagram has been, for me, a nice source of encouragement in, not only my Rivs, but other bikes I own and, upon which, I have put my personal touches. Steve Butcher aka graveldoc southwest Missouri On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:18:57 AM UTC-5, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Around here in this little corner of O-Hi-O there are few cyclists. I once saw another cyclist about a month I go, thought I do see banana peels on the side of the road more often, maybe once every 2-3 weeks. I guess tossing the peel into the grass must just be too laborious for the poor soul hah ! The "bike store" in town is Wally World(that's Wal-Mart for the unimaginable). Always stocked with fresh bikes ready to roll off the shiny "showroom floor" kinda literally ! I did meet one cyclists a few years back, a lawyerly fella who knew what a Rivendell Bombadill sorta was at least, but apparently it was unworthy compared to the plas-tique space ship he was riding Va va varm and away he went into the statosphere faster than light . onto the wings of angels I suppose ..or so the promise goes . ahahahahahaa ! Someone did compliment the ol' warhorse once though "Hey ... you ride that old thing everywhere " . Yes I do ... I certainly do ! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
It's car-centric here, and it's rare I get a compliment that isn't "nice beach cruiser" or "How do you get up the hill with no gears?" in regards to my Betty Foy. But yesterday I had her in for repairs and the owner of the shop was complimenting me on my bike and telling me what a pleasure it was to take it for a test ride when he had finished the work. So smooth! So comfortable! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Runner I passed as I stumped up the trail on my Hunqabeam: “Nice bike! What is it?” “A Rivendell.” Without missing a beat she said “I figured it was Petersen, with a top tube like that.” With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Many years ago, I did a MS ride on Martha’s Vinyard on my then new All’rounder. The entire field of riders were on mid to upper level aluminum or carbon Treks, Specializeds, etc. (This was ‘04 or so right in the middle of the Lance hysteria years.) As we were pulling in to one of the rest areas I overhear one of the event mechanics say to another “Oh, a Rivendell. At least someone’s bringing a little class.” That put a smile on my face for the rest of the ride. Cheers- Mike, keeping it classy in Somerville, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Sadly, I missed a chance to "nice bike" someone last weekend :-( Someone riding the other way, I noticed the canvas looking handlebar bag first, then what looked like moustache bars and that the rider may have been female(?) but then we'd passed each other. I gotta be quicker on the uptake and make eye contact if I'm going to meet others this way. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
my favorite call out was a couple of summers ago. I was riding from Bellingham to Seattle and was depleted in Snohomish. I bought a pint of HaganDasz and went to sit down off the street by the river. A rather overweight fellow and his girlfriend were up by the wall quite a ways away staring a bit. I thought they might be hostiles till the fellow yelled “nice Rivendell”. Why do I never learn not to judge people by their appearance? Boy that was some good ice cream. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
I have had mixed comments: “Nice bike!” Pedestrian “That is a really nice bike” about Bosco Bleriot from Trek LBS employee “Centerpulls are antiquated/obsolete technology”. Another LBS wrencher. They were Pauls. “I love your bike” rider passing me on a century ride. “Got a six pack in there?”, about my front rack bag. “I got respect for people who can ride bikes like that for 100 miles”. - rider on a century, remarking about the steel must be hard to ride. His friend scolded him for it. “Are they as cushy riding as people say?”. I said a definite, resounding “yes”. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
I got one recently from a mailman doing his rounds. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Camping out in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona this weekend. Riding around mostly. Onion Saddle. Massai Point. I was the only camper in Pinery Canyon. Sunday morning I hear an unexpected sound coming up the road. A bike tourer. Fully loaded. On a Trek 520. He rides by my camp and says his "Howdies" and I say "Talk to me". First thing he does is haul his bike into camp, walk over to mine and says "Damn, that's a beautiful bike." "Rivendell," I respond. "I think I've heard of those." I guess you could call that a semi-chuff. Craig in Tucson https://www.google.com/search?q=chiricahua+mountains&oq=Chiri&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j69i60j0l4.9775j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8:18:57 AM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
I think I’m gonna boof. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Oct 1, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Andrew Letton wrote: > > Ummm... I'd be careful about handing out "chuffs"! ;-) > > https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chuff > <https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chuff> > > > > > From: BSWP > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 3:44 AM > Subject: [RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed > > I ride in Berkeley and all of the East Bay... it's not uncommon to get > chuffed several times each day. And as well, to hand out chuffs to fellow Riv > riders I see. We are part of a not-so-secret not-so-subterranean society, > that recognizes and embraces, through use, ownership, and promotion, the > reverence of good things that work simply, and that simply work. > > - Andrew, Berkeley > > On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8:18:57 AM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's something > that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented bikes they own. > So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. Thus it was with a > bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call out, "Hey, nice > Riv!" as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty chuffed, in a private > sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and called it out. Did I > need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must say that it was nice to > hear. When was your first such experience? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Not certain, but I think it is much more common in countries with historical British influence. In my experience, it's common in NZ and here in Oz.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chuffedCheers,Andrew, a Yank in Oz From: George Schick To: RBW Owners Bunch Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:44 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed "Chuffed?" I must have slipped even more generations behind on slang than I thought. On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:18:57 AM UTC-5, LeRoy wrote: I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call out, "Hey, nice Riv!" as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
Ummm... I'd be careful about handing out "chuffs"! ;-) https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chuff From: BSWP To: RBW Owners Bunch Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 3:44 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed I ride in Berkeley and all of the East Bay... it's not uncommon to get chuffed several times each day. And as well, to hand out chuffs to fellow Riv riders I see. We are part of a not-so-secret not-so-subterranean society, that recognizes and embraces, through use, ownership, and promotion, the reverence of good things that work simply, and that simply work. - Andrew, Berkeley On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8:18:57 AM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call out, "Hey, nice Riv!" as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
"Chuffed?" I must have slipped even more generations behind on slang than I thought. On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:18:57 AM UTC-5, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
My favorite time was when I was riding my Hunq home from work in Brooklyn and a guy pulled up next to me at a stop light riding a custom Johnny Coast, the first Coast I had seen in the wild! My favorite time I saw another Riv while I wasn't riding one was when I was driving out of Zion National Park enjoying the spectacular scenery, when all of the sudden there's a guy riding down the road with a Sam Hillborne touring rig. I could tell what it was instantly as soon as I saw the seat stays from the rear. Had to yell "NICE BIKE MAN!!" Bob B Brooklyn, NY -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
> > I have never seen another Rivendell in the wild. The only Rivendells that >> I have seen are the ones I own and the ones at World Headquarters. >> > Laing Cocoa, FL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
I ride in Berkeley and all of the East Bay... it's not uncommon to get chuffed several times each day. And as well, to hand out chuffs to fellow Riv riders I see. We are part of a not-so-secret not-so-subterranean society, that recognizes and embraces, through use, ownership, and promotion, the reverence of good things that work simply, and that simply work. - Andrew, Berkeley On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8:18:57 AM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: > > I've only had my Clem Smith Jr since late spring of this year and have put > about 750 miles on it. Rivendells of any sort are thin on the ground in my > Midwestern home. Most of the guys I ride with are only vaguely aware of the > brand. They do recognize my bike as an interesting curiosity. It's > something that's at variance with the generally mountain bike-oriented > bikes they own. So I've been pedaling along and simply enjoying the ride. > Thus it was with a bit of personal pleasure that I heard another rider call > out, *"Hey, nice Riv!"* as he cycled past this morning. I felt pretty > chuffed, in a private sort of way, that a stranger recognized the bike and > called it out. Did I need the "validation?" Well, maybe. Whatever. I must > say that it was nice to hear. When was your first such experience? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
sightings are rare here in baltimore, too--my first recognition was a bit less formal, but definitely smile-inducing: i, atop my 67cm homer, approached a cross-country-ready atlantis and gave two friendly rings of my brass bell. he struck his dinger, and we two strangers made melodious bell music. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Heard my first "Hey, nice Riv!" today. Felt chuffed
It is encouraging to hear a call like that. There is a difference between folks who see the bike as simply "nice", and those who seem to understand, appreciate, and value the same things we do. I think it is more than validation. I think it is "connection". Hey, nice Riv, LeRoy! Chris Johnson Sanger, Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
