Brewster Wrote: """" Sorry, this is an old picture. In 2007, the President and his wife *traded in* or upgraded to a Specialized Globe: "When Atlanta's Outback Bikes was approached earlier this week to fix up a set of old bikes for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, the shop responded with a shiny new pair of men's and women's Globe Elite IG8s." http://www.bicycleretailer.com/news/newsDetail/642.html
I wonder what trash heap those "old bikes" are sitting in... """"""" I sez Oh yeah, they just sent those rivs off to recycling as they are worthless POS bikes. This list needs to calm down and breathe sometimes. This thread came up in the past when I pointed out the brain article to the list tongue and cheek like. People flew off the handle and got angry and sent mean letters to the shop who did this. The shop owner Pete from Outback bikes wrote back saying in part: have dealt with the Carter Center since 2004 with some bikes for Amy Carterand her son. When the President needed some work done on a couple of old > DIAMONDBACKS that were from the mid 90's fixed up my wife and I decided to > comp him the Globes. My new motto is if you win a Nobel Peace Prize and need > a bike I'll hook you up. > and I think privately to me after I apologized not realizing people would think any shop ACTUALLY would trash some rivs in exchange for bikes worth a third of their value: No worries, I was told he also has so old cruisers he uses in Plains GA. The > Rivendell's must be there and brought out for special ocassions. > So there you go to set the record straight. Pete from Outback bikes seems like a stand up guy to me. So don't go off sending mean letters to him again because you think he threw out those old crappy rivs and replaced them with some Globes. Tarik -- Tarik Saleh tas at tariksaleh dot com in los alamos, po box 208, 87544 http://tariksaleh.com all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
