Re: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-26 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Grant, enhanced by beer. I can relate to that! Patrick most people are born two drinks under par Moore On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:30 AM, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote: A Rivendell story: Grant and Rivendell restored my interest and joy in bicycles and riding in 1998 or 1999. I had

Re: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-26 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Beautiful -- bike, setting -- and the bags. What bags are those? How does the front attach? And what are those tires? Entirely unasked for, I know, but I can't help re-re-re-re-re-posting my own two customs (which I've been riding up hills this weekend -- great fun, even tho' I do 1/10 of the

Re: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-23 Thread Bruce Herbitter
I drooled over the Romulus ad on the Harris Cyclery web site and kept hoping that someday I could afford one. By the time I could, they were not carried any more. (I hadn't yet caught on the the generally brief window of opportunity for ANY Rivendell offering) Not to shed too many tears for that

RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-22 Thread Marc Schwartz
The Like-Minded Crazies (An alternate name for The Rivendell Owners Bunch) Dat's Us! From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Marc Irwin [irwin7...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:50 PM To:

Re: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-22 Thread Toshi Takeuchi
In my adult years, I've always ridden steel 700c bikes, and although I looked at Rivendell for a while, I didn't want to plunge into 650b bikes, which are the right size for my PBH. After a crash caused by cracked roads led to the death of a fellow local rider, I decided to ride road bikes with a

RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-22 Thread James Warren
-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story? The Like-Minded Crazies (An alternate name for The Rivendell Owners Bunch) Dat's Us! From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Marc

RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-22 Thread James Warren
-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story? The Like-Minded Crazies (An alternate name for The Rivendell Owners Bunch) Dat's Us! From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on behalf

RE: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-21 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
Saw a picture of a Homer on Peter White's site -- love at first sight. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smitty Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:22 AM To:

Re: [RBW] Re: What's your Rivendell story?

2012-08-21 Thread cyclotourist
Great conversation! Now we need to read your story @lungisam!!! Anyway, my parents bought my an '84 Allez while in HS. Rode it all over during HS and college. Serious, a lot of miles on that bike, but I did figure out it was a bit too small for me (a 58cm) and that it didn't quite fit the bigger