I was in my early 40's when I returned to biking. The LBS in San Francisco didn't try to sell me a race bike, but it was clear that they thought if I didn't get a road/race bike, then I needed a Mountain Bike. I bought a Kona Fire Mountain and didn't really ride it much either in the Bay Area or in the Twin Cities where I've lived for the past 12 years. Then, when I was in my late '40's, I saw my first Riv: an Atlantis with m'bars and old first generation Baggins panniers. I fell in love. Crawled around the bike on my hands and knees in love. I googled Riv. I poured over the website. I went to Riv when I visited the Bay Area. More in love. My wise partner said, "if you (mostly) commute to work on your current bike, then that would justify a Riv." I rode my Kona through the year, in 90 degrees, in snow, in glorius weather...and then I got a Saluki in 2006.
I'm a rider now. I'm a rider again—something I hadn't been since I was 18. My Riv's, especially the audacious custom, feel like they are a part of me. Even through I don't have one, the Atlantis brought me into the fold and Grant's writing, whenever and wherever I encountered it, enabled me to change my mindset and my way of being in the world to include bicycles. What a gift. I don't care what others do or ride or wear. I just want others who may be in some way like me to have the same possibility of awakening. Sometimes they do need that mouse squeaking above the roar of the waterfall. I did. -rcw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
