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http://blog.jonesbikes.com/650b-27-5-wheels-in-a-jones-29-spaceframe/ -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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His bikes definitely do work as 27.5+ bikes! Go with some WTB Scrapers and the new Bontrager 27.5+ tire and you'll be set! -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Patrick, Nice slant on an old topic. And I like the Zen aspect. I get what Garth is saying, and well the truth is the truth if your willing to accept it. We all have our own time frame. And all these material things are transitory, we can't take them with us where we're going. Another way to perceive it is that we are care taking them for the next caretaker. Ownership is an illusion. Regarding the thread, I have 4 bikes. 1. A. Homer 2. Atlantis 3. 1984 Trek 660 4. 1995 Salsa Ale Carte MTB. The 660 will be built this Summer and the Salsa needs some work new cockpit. Thinking about those Jones bars. And the Jones bikes are so tempting. Mike thanks for the feedback very helpful. If I had one bike and only one bike then it would be the Hilsen it can and does handle most everything I throw at it! Road dirt with aplomb.This of course is based on the current type of riding I do. Like others I rationalized the need to have multiple bikes and so I built the Atlantis. It's nice to have different bikes dedicated to different purposes. But as I get older and contemplate retirement I'm sure I'll thin the herd. The latest temptation would be a fat tire bike. I keep rolling the notion around my head whether I'd really use it enough? And then I tell myself that's why I purchased the Atlantis. Ah first the world dilemma! As my Father always says make do with what you have ~Hugh Los Angeles, CA On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:44:10 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: I always try (rarely succeed) to practice contentment. I’m content with that. Grin. Part of living this simplicity is to strive to find a way to make what we have work. It may not be the perfect tool, but using one thing multiple ways has a joy all it’s own. Since sometime this winter I’ve wanted a go-fast geared country bike. But we (wisely) put our money toward gearing up for family biking. The challenge has been could I do longer rides on the Quickbeam? So far, I’ve done as long as 94 miles, 2/3rds of it dirt, and returned still feeling I could have pushed and done 120 miles (but pushing to that degree isn’t wise given the brain injury and my extra safety net I like to keep). Pushing to ride the QB this way has led me to discover things about riding and about my own strength and endurance I may not have discovered on a geared bike. That is wonderful gift of simplicity, finding more in less. So I am content, for now, with N. There is joy and peace in that, especially considering I know it makes getting bikes for my wife and lassies possible. Of course, that is also what I said when N was just the Hunqapillar. Grin. With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.OurHolyConception.org -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Nah man, an Atlantic with 2.25 tires is not fat enough! You need to try the tubeless joy of 29+! It's fat but fast, for serious. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Currently I am at 4--Ebisu All Purpose https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/16845397860, Rawland rSogn https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/14353125079, Kogswell P/R https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/14667186860, and the 650b-converted Specialized Sequoia https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/9260450680. Berkeley is too hot for nice bikes so the Kogswell is used primarily as an around-town errand bike, as it is fitted with the most complete lock solution and also least attractive. The Sequoia stays at my office where I spend 2-3 overnights every week and rides it while I am there. Both the Sequoia and the P/R gets touring duties. I have split my brevet on the Ebisu, Sequoia, and the rSogn the last several year. All these bikes share several traits--650b wheels, wide tires, low-trail front end, thin-ish tubings, and front racks and bags. There is certainly overlap, but the way they are set up end up defining their respective uses. It has been a really busy 3-4 years and it will stay busy for another 1-2 at least, so now I just want to go out and ride any of them. Franklyn On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 8:44:35 PM UTC-7, Mike Shaljian wrote: Nah man, an Atlantic with 2.25 tires is not fat enough! You need to try the tubeless joy of 29+! It's fat but fast, for serious. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Mike, Apparently Jeff Jones is claiming his 29ers will fit 650b's. I need to revisit his site to see if it was 27+ which would be my preference. May just have a custom built by a frame builder in Portland or just go with a Pug Op's or Mukluk 3. Yeah I'll be going fatter in the future. ~Hugh On Apr 21, 2015 8:44 PM, Mike Shaljian mikeshalj...@gmail.com wrote: Nah man, an Atlantic with 2.25 tires is not fat enough! You need to try the tubeless joy of 29+! It's fat but fast, for serious. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/p_QV01oX6YE/unsubscribe . To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 http://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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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No number of bikes will satisfy anyone , and we all know it . None but the Infinite ! Y E S ! ! Only The Infinite satisfies absolutely ! -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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No number of bikes will satisfy anyone , and we all know it . None but the Infinite ! Y E S ! ! 1 -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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N + 1 On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 4:44:10 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: I always try (rarely succeed) to practice contentment. I’m content with that. Grin. Part of living this simplicity is to strive to find a way to make what we have work. It may not be the perfect tool, but using one thing multiple ways has a joy all it’s own. Since sometime this winter I’ve wanted a go-fast geared country bike. But we (wisely) put our money toward gearing up for family biking. The challenge has been could I do longer rides on the Quickbeam? So far, I’ve done as long as 94 miles, 2/3rds of it dirt, and returned still feeling I could have pushed and done 120 miles (but pushing to that degree isn’t wise given the brain injury and my extra safety net I like to keep). Pushing to ride the QB this way has led me to discover things about riding and about my own strength and endurance I may not have discovered on a geared bike. That is wonderful gift of simplicity, finding more in less. So I am content, for now, with N. There is joy and peace in that, especially considering I know it makes getting bikes for my wife and lassies possible. Of course, that is also what I said when N was just the Hunqapillar. Grin. With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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had to let that one stand alone. That's like asking what is the perfect number of fly rods. From the Texas hill country I can fish tiny overhung creeks, big rivers, a big trout tailwater, coast flats, blue water. There really is not a finite answer. Same with tackle, if you get too many, you pare down, though you still probably refine with new choices as your interest in your different destinations evolves. On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 7:18:18 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: N + 1 O -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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I find that maintaining and out fitting more than 3 or 4 bikes is my limiting factor. I hate switching pumps,water bottle and saddle bags between bikes, because I always forget something. I hate that feeling when I am half way through a ride and notice I forgot to switch over the frame pump. So I have each bike set up identically and ready to ride with just a check of the tire pressure. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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I always have pump and kit for each bike, and when selling bikes off I end up with a bunch of pumps stashed in a storage box and a lot of extra tubes and tubes of glue. Anyone want to trade a #4 Zefal HpX for a similarly sized Impero? On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:55 AM, 'Mark Etze' via RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com wrote: I find that maintaining and out fitting more than 3 or 4 bikes is my limiting factor. I hate switching pumps,water bottle and saddle bags between bikes, because I always forget something. I hate that feeling when I am half way through a ride and notice I forgot to switch over the frame pump. So I have each bike set up identically and ready to ride with just a check of the tire pressure. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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agree, every bike gets its own roadside kit that includes everything you need to get home http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/F%20Moser/aaaP5180002.jpg On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: I always have pump and kit for each bike, and when selling bikes off I end up with a bunch of pumps stashed in a storage box and a lot of extra tubes and tubes of glue. Anyone want to trade a #4 Zefal HpX for a similarly sized Impero? On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:55 AM, 'Mark Etze' via RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: wrote: I find that maintaining and out fitting more than 3 or 4 bikes is my limiting factor. I hate switching pumps,water bottle and saddle bags between bikes, because I always forget something. I hate that feeling when I am half way through a ride and notice I forgot to switch over the frame pump. So I have each bike set up identically and ready to ride with just a check of the tire pressure. -- 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-bun...@googlegroups.com javascript:. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript:. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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I learned early on in owning two bike that if I'm swapping gear I'm missing gear. Sardonic grin. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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I am at a point in my life where I feel the attraction of N-1. With seven bikes in the stable, it is time to downsize. The first to go is a 1995 AllRounder that is being prepared for sale. I bought it small at 58cm for possible mountain bike type riding. Now I ride 62cm bikes. Its time for someone else to enjoy this bike, and for me to have more garage space. I am considering other bikes too. As I approach retirement age, I have come to think simple is more joyful, and more can be a burden. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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I have 3 bikes in riding mode at the moment (and a few projects hanging in the garage). The riders... 3D trail bike with a bunch of XTR/RaceFace/Chris King hanging off of it. I took the knobbies off, it's running slicks. I use it for hauling a BOB Yak trailer around. A 1970's Motobecane SuperMirage Mixte. This was my do-all bike for several years. I like mixtes a lot. I got an Atlantis in February... the Atlantis became my everything bike immediately, such is its goodness. I've ordered pitlocks for the wheels and seat, and a compact Abus U lock so I can leave it around town without getting anxious. I am finding it hard to ride the other bikes. And I have to smile when I read Grant's latest post about how the Sam and Cheviot are his go-to Rivs. Maybe they are... but I think the Atlantis is a special class of its own. It's that good. If I had to do N+1, my temptation would be: Legolas, which I view as a Rodeo with canti-posts and slightly wider fork and stay clearances. Having riden lots-o-bikes with v-brakes and side-pulls, the Tektro 720's I recently put on the Atlantis was a serendipitous revelation in component satisfaction. So the Legolas gets the nod over Roadeo... if I had N+1 moolah to deposit with Walnut Creek. On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 4:44:10 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: I always try (rarely succeed) to practice contentment. I’m content with that. Grin. Part of living this simplicity is to strive to find a way to make what we have work. It may not be the perfect tool, but using one thing multiple ways has a joy all it’s own. Since sometime this winter I’ve wanted a go-fast geared country bike. But we (wisely) put our money toward gearing up for family biking. The challenge has been could I do longer rides on the Quickbeam? So far, I’ve done as long as 94 miles, 2/3rds of it dirt, and returned still feeling I could have pushed and done 120 miles (but pushing to that degree isn’t wise given the brain injury and my extra safety net I like to keep). Pushing to ride the QB this way has led me to discover things about riding and about my own strength and endurance I may not have discovered on a geared bike. That is wonderful gift of simplicity, finding more in less. So I am content, for now, with N. There is joy and peace in that, especially considering I know it makes getting bikes for my wife and lassies possible. Of course, that is also what I said when N was just the Hunqapillar. Grin. With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Currently at 3, not counting the Gitane the daughter absconded with. Utility, but fun to just ride - Rivendell Bleriot The Rando Bike - custom Sweetpea Go-fast bike - 2003 Lemond Zurich These days, the Sweetpea gets 98% of the love, the Riv 1.9%, and the Lemond .01%. The Riv gets more riding days, but not anywhere near the distance as the Sweetpea. I just can't work myself up to a serious need another bicycle want. Keeping three bikes maintained is work (I keep a notebook, to remember which bike had what done to it when). Storing three bikes (plus the husband's three, none of which are ridden) is a challenge. I keep a spare tube, levers, a multitool and a patch kit on each bike, and swapped a pump around. Finally bought Sweetpea its own pump, so the two most-ridden bikes are generally ready to go with one less thing to remember. If there was going to be a next bike, it would be another custom, and at least a 2 year wait. Fun to fantasize about, but... And, as a friend put it: you only have one butt! In general, I've got enough things. Don't need any more things. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Nice topic, Patrick. Very zen mindfulness. Simplicity and not wanting for N+1 is nice. I've been living the Hillborne life that Riv has been recently pushing on the Blug ( http://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/115426377099/sam). I swap between 36h Mavic A719's during the week and 32h Synergies on the weekends (and probably often through the summer). I've got a SOMA Groove that is a great bike but I usually only touch to move it to another side of my shop now. I've loved my trips to Walnut Creek to test ride the Roadeo, Hunq, 650b Bombadil, 650b Clem and think the H. Homer Hilson may be one of the most beautiful bikes I've ever laid eyes on (fun to test ride, too). I may lust for other bikes (almost all Rivs) but I don't feel the *need* for others. Still thrilled and giddy with the daily experience of riding the Sam for whatever I'm doing. The only time I feel like I am missing out on something is on the rare day that I don't get to ride at all. I guess if I were to N+1, it would probably be a Brompton for traveling and trips to the city. A recent vacation had me really missing riding for a week and a half. Plus, how cool would it be to tour a museum with your bike parked in the coat check rather than worrying about a Rivendell locked to a parking meter in downtown SF?! John On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:44:10 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: I always try (rarely succeed) to practice contentment. I’m content with that. Grin. Part of living this simplicity is to strive to find a way to make what we have work. It may not be the perfect tool, but using one thing multiple ways has a joy all it’s own. Since sometime this winter I’ve wanted a go-fast geared country bike. But we (wisely) put our money toward gearing up for family biking. The challenge has been could I do longer rides on the Quickbeam? So far, I’ve done as long as 94 miles, 2/3rds of it dirt, and returned still feeling I could have pushed and done 120 miles (but pushing to that degree isn’t wise given the brain injury and my extra safety net I like to keep). Pushing to ride the QB this way has led me to discover things about riding and about my own strength and endurance I may not have discovered on a geared bike. That is wonderful gift of simplicity, finding more in less. So I am content, for now, with N. There is joy and peace in that, especially considering I know it makes getting bikes for my wife and lassies possible. Of course, that is also what I said when N was just the Hunqapillar. Grin. With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Back to the subject of the thread: My current N is five bikes, 1) Riv Road Standard, set up as a 650b tourer, gravel capable 2) Schwinn KOM, set up as a drop bar 26er gravel/anyroad bike, tour capable 3) Giordana, gofast!, 700x26 max 4) Fatboy, off road and winter bike 5) Cannondale 26 hardtail, off road bike. But I could probably whittle that down to three (Riv, KOM, and Fatboy) - I haven't ridden the Cannondale since I got the fat bike (it's that much fun), so I'll probably sell it soon. - I rode my Giordana about 3 times last year, and although I love its whippy steel ride, it's too limited for the type of riding I prefer. I may never sell it, but I'll never ride it regularly. I've ridden it 3 or 4 times already this year, because I felt guilty to leave such a gorgeous Italian unloved. - I have a lot of overlap between my Riv and KOM (especially since they both have Nitto B135 bars, triple cranks, bar-ends and 9 speed cassettes). But, they both are good commuters and excel at my favorite riding: gravel and trail. The Riv is smooth and composed, where the KOM is more playful. I could have one bike for this mission, but I love being able to choose between two excellent steeds. This realization helps me understand why someone would have multiple, similar bikes, if that type works for their favorite type of riding. Tim -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Perfect number of bikes = N?
I have some really beautiful, special bikes, but like Lynne, I mostly just ride one or two of them. Leaning toward Quickbeams and my Salsa right now. The one languishing the most is my beautiful Riv Joe Stark road. Just a great go-fast bike, but I'm not a go-fast person. So it's just collecting dust, probably under 100 miles a year. But can't bring myself to sell it as it's such a great bike! But not exactly N-1, as there are plenty of other bikes I would like to replace it with! (mostly mountain bike types). On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:44:10 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: I always try (rarely succeed) to practice contentment. I’m content with that. Grin. Part of living this simplicity is to strive to find a way to make what we have work. It may not be the perfect tool, but using one thing multiple ways has a joy all it’s own. Since sometime this winter I’ve wanted a go-fast geared country bike. But we (wisely) put our money toward gearing up for family biking. The challenge has been could I do longer rides on the Quickbeam? So far, I’ve done as long as 94 miles, 2/3rds of it dirt, and returned still feeling I could have pushed and done 120 miles (but pushing to that degree isn’t wise given the brain injury and my extra safety net I like to keep). Pushing to ride the QB this way has led me to discover things about riding and about my own strength and endurance I may not have discovered on a geared bike. That is wonderful gift of simplicity, finding more in less. So I am content, for now, with N. There is joy and peace in that, especially considering I know it makes getting bikes for my wife and lassies possible. Of course, that is also what I said when N was just the Hunqapillar. Grin. With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
