Rene, I mean well when I say this too: there's NO WAY I will sell this bike. This bike will eventually be passed on to a grandchild (many, many years from now). As I've said in a number of previous responses in this and other threads, I still love the bike. Thanks again for the advice, but this bike will never leave my care, flaws or not. ;-)
- Will On Nov 5, 11:57 pm, "Rene Valbuena" <valbu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Please believe me that I mean well when I say this: I think you will not be > totally happy with that bike so I suggest that you sell it and get another > one. > > When I got my Rivendell Wilbury three years ago, I also had my choice of > color. I can't remember though if I was charged extra for that. I think I > was. In any case, I was also not totally happy. The masking details on the > super fancy lugs leave much to be desired. But at a distance of five feet, > the bike was stunning. I regrettably sold that bike to pay off an emergency > plumbing problem in the house. I am sure you can find a lesser compelling > reason to sell yours. > > All the best, > > Rene > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William F. House > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:46 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: Rivendell, Ad Copy, and Paint > > Thank you. Now I feel a little more sane. I don't think I was > expecting the bike to be utterly flawless, but for nearly $4000 there > sure are a lot of little flaws. > > Rides like a dream though. And it's very hard to spot those little > flaws while I'm riding. So, there's that. ;-) > > On Nov 5, 10:40 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't be happy with that paint detailing. The paint was better on my > > $650 Bleriot (best detail pic I > > have)<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/335429650/sizes/o/>. > > > This is a $2000 frame with a $300 up-charge for custom color. > > > DE > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > You have a beautiful bike but it just shows we've all got different > > > standards. I honestly don't think I've ever even looked at my bikes > > > paint that closely...with my rapidly advancing far-sightedness I don't > > > know if I could even see it! However, even I can spot the shoddy lug > > > painting my 72 PX-10. I think they brought in chimps in to paint > > > those things...adds character!!! > > > > On Nov 5, 8:26 pm, "William F. House" <williamfho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Also, note that in the first photo linked that just to the upper right > > > > of the uppermost lug curly-cue above the headbadge there's a line of > > > > green just hanging out right on the cream white. It appears no attempt > > > > to clean that up was made. I'd say that's the worst of the errors. Two > > > > people that have seen the bike tried to brush it off thinking it was a > > > > piece of lint or string and commented "oh, that's paint." > > > > > Here's the picture in question again: > > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/lushmojo/4079738322/sizes/o/ > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > > scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
