Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: ked for reasons, not demands. *My* demands *are* reasons. You mean, you'll hold your breath until you turn blue if they don't? Yeah, that's a persuasive reason. I'm half Filipino. When I hold my breath I turn

Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-08 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 07:19 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: ked for reasons, not demands. *My* demands *are* reasons. You mean, you'll hold your

[RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-07 Thread beth h
At the end of a lengthy and thoughtful discussion between me and a Riv- owner who's mad for 650b, his upshot was that there just isn't enough passion (his word), not enough mystique (my word) perhaps, to get the bike industry excited about making super high-end tires in a 559 (26 ATB) wheel size,

Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:19 PM, beth h periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote: If anyone else out there loves 559 like I do, write in and say why, and what you hope the future brings for a Rivendell model built around 559. As instructed, I am writing in to demand a Rivendell bike, road or other,

Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 19:59 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:19 PM, beth h periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote: If anyone else out there loves 559 like I do, write in and say why, and what you hope the future brings for a Rivendell model built

Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: As instructed, I am writing in to demand a Rivendell bike, road or other, built around the 559 wheel. All the better if it is a dedicated road fixed gear. I also demand that Rivendell produce a top quality 559 28

Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 20:04 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: As instructed, I am writing in to demand a Rivendell bike, road or other, built around the 559 wheel. All the

Re: [RBW] five-five-nine

2010-01-07 Thread James Warren
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] five-five-nine At the end of a lengthy and thoughtful discussion between me and a Riv- owner who's mad for 650b, his upshot was that there just isn't enough passion (his word), not enough mystique (my word) perhaps, to get