That's good. I thought, for a while there, you are like Adrian Monk who cannot live when some things are not in order or right. Or you might just be role playing your future namesake "Dr. House" -- throwing us puzzles to get the right diagnosis or just having fun at;-)
-----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 11:21 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Rivendell, Ad Copy, and Paint 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
