I rode a century in the Fall. In the parking lot at the start I was pumping the tires on my Rambouillet and a teenager, 14-16, comes over and says that his father had sent him over to see what bikes looked like when he (the father) was a kid. My favorite line in this genre, however, was not about the Rambouillet but concerned my commuter bike, a tout terrain I got from Peter White. It is equipped with a Rohloff hub. Noting the lack of derailliers, several colleagues have asked why I can't afford a "modern" bike. I just don't have the energy to try to explain things to these guys so I mumble something about retro being in style and shift the conversation to the hurricane season. GeorgeS
On Apr 26, 7:45 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yeah, I get that sometimes too, although mostly the approving comments about > how great it looks and wistful, "I bet it's comfortable on these rough roads > too." > > The "leather helmet" was known as a "hair net" in the day, iirc. > > ________________________________ > From: k5osx <k5o...@gmail.com> > > "It is great to see an ancient bike being > ridden in this rally... Is it Italian?" > > Perhaps I should start dressing the part in knickers and a seer sucker > shirt, with a leather hairnet. ;) > > robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
