on 4/26/09 8:17 PM, Stephen at recycle...@gmail.com wrote:

> Wow, thanks for all the feedback.  No one thinks its at all flat or
> drab?  Without depth or interest?  I know its just a color, not a
> personality...

Strikes me as the kind of color you enjoy more each time you look at it.

> 
> I admit my opinion is clouded with dissapointment, just cause ive
> lusted for a butterscotch Rivendell since i first saw one.  Years
> later, i put in the order, wait a month, then get a call saying its
> been painted wrong, and it cant be done right.  Im having a hard time
> seeing the frame in its own context, i suppose. All that, and Grant
> says he doesnt like it, which is hard to overcome.
> 
> After hearing what yall have to say about it, i might just go for
> it... Though i never thought myself an Orange Bike Guy.  Thanks again
> for the responses!

For some reason, this reminds me of the scene in "Breaking Away" when Dave
and his father are walking around the campus late in the evening, and Dave
says something about being a Cutter.  His dad stops him and says, "You're
not a 'Cutter.'  I'm a Cutter."

Now, _this_ is an orange bike -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/3366640155

Yours is one of a kind, my man! Revel in it! ;^)

(And don't count this as #21... I already voted.)

- Jim 

-- 
Jim Edgar
cyclofi...@earthlink.net

Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com
Current Classics - Cross Bikes
Singlespeed - Working Bikes



"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
    Mahatma Gandhi


--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to