On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 12:15:29 AM UTC-4, Don Compton wrote: > > While I love Rivendells, I just do not fall into the beausage crap. I have > ridden 6000 miles a year for over 25 years. I have always tried to keep my > bikes clean and well-lubed. I recently sold my Roadeo and the buyer got a > bike that was ridden many miles, but was in excellent condition and I feel > good about that. >
There is definitely a point when lack of care shortens the life of a bike or its parts, where you can probably call it neglect or abuse. But think the original purpose of the term 'beausage' was to celebrate the inevitable marks, wear, and other evidence of a bicycle having been used as a faithful tool for living and doing. Not sure where the above bikes fit, but it looks and sounds like they're being well used. On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 4:46:27 PM UTC-7, joe b. wrote: > > Years ago there was a great mini-writeup on a former Riv-employee's > seriously patina-ed Rivendell (custom or Longlow, I think). Actually, I > think Grant mentioned it was straddling the abuse/beausage line. I nominate > this venerable Atlantis for the all beausage team. I've seen it doing > yeoman's work around campus for a while and finally captured it at rest. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclerslife/16723348737/ > > It might take me another 10 years to get my canti-Rom on the JV squad if > that's the standard. > > Best, > joe broach > pdx or > -- 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.
