[RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-09 Thread Frank Quan
I ride on Pacific St. in Oceanside every morningduring the work week. On Oct 7, 8:44 pm, Michael_S wrote: > I wish I saw more lugged steel bikes down here along the San Diego coast... > almost everyone is on carbon fiber with tri bars.  Oh. I see the occasional > Surly, but Riv's are rarer than h

[RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-09 Thread Marc Irwin
There are a number of Riv's in my town but the the comments I get are distinctly different between my Hung and Hillborne. When people see the Hunq, they put a hand on it and say "nice, what's it for?" When they see the Hillborne they inevitably ask; "How old is it?" Go figure. Marc On Sunda

Re: [RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-08 Thread Montclair BobbyB
ooglegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Michael_S > *Sent:* Sunday, October 07, 2012 11:45 PM > *To:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment > > > > you've led a sheltered life Doug, Woodrup's are very nice British made >

Re: [RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-08 Thread cyclotourist
Seems like I run into a lot of 'em every time I'm there as well. That ore Legoland... On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw lots of Rivs last time I was in Carlsbad. Sure, it was a SoCal Riv > ride, which may show some bias. > > -- > Yo

[RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-08 Thread Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
I saw lots of Rivs last time I was in Carlsbad. Sure, it was a SoCal Riv ride, which may show some bias. -- 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-bu

RE: [RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-08 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment you've led a sheltered life Doug, Woodrup's are very nice British made lugged steel bikes that have been made for over 50 years. http://www.woodrupcycles.com/frames.html I wish I saw more lugged s

Re: [RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-07 Thread cyclotourist
Was at CicLAvia today in LA and most bikes were big-box dept store bikes, or 80's universal Japanese bikes. A generalization of course, but sort of seemed that way. One rider was pacing me and finally passed by saying he was just trying to get a good look at my bike. That was after I almost swerved

[RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-07 Thread Michael_S
you've led a sheltered life Doug, Woodrup's are very nice British made lugged steel bikes that have been made for over 50 years. http://www.woodrupcycles.com/frames.html I wish I saw more lugged steel bikes down here along the San Diego coast... almost everyone is on carbon fiber with tri bars

[RBW] Re: that "nice bike" comment

2012-10-07 Thread Allan in Portland
On Sunday, October 7, 2012 8:00:59 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: > if you know what you're looking at, it's easy to spot them. > > Had that happen to me a couple weeks ago. I'm on my commute home. Some guy who was behind me, but not all that long and so couldn't have been all that close speeds up en