That does sound pretty risky. First tell her that one that's really her size will be even nicer.
My wife ride her Atlantis for about 5 minutes in a parking lot before rolling up with a big grin & saying "I've got to have this bike". This is a woman who was not shopping for a bike, is not particularly into bikes, and only rode it to humor me. Recently we visited RBWHQ because I wanted to try one of long chainstay models. I urged her to "look around while we're here". She declined, saying she's happy with her Atlantis. I returned from my test ride to see her disappear around the corner on a Clementine. Time will tell. Yea, Rivendell's will do that to people. It really is magical. dougP On Friday, July 3, 2015 at 6:23:57 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote: > > I seem to recall a post on this list that said the best way to sell (or > advertise) Riv was to let someone ride your Riv. > > Well, I was riding with a friend who hadn't biked in a year, and she was > getting faint on her Jamis commuter so we stopped and then got some coffee. > On the way back, she comments about how pretty my QB is, and since she's > slightly taller than me, I figure she can ride my bike without having me > readjust the saddle size. > > I nearly didn't get my QB back. :) She was surprised by how stable the QB > was (it was a bit lighter and had skinnier tires than hers) and rode it > again and again and "just one more time around the parking lot? please?" > > Seriously, though, it was fun watching someone discover the joys of a Riv > bike for the first time. It's like a lightbulbs/fireworks/amazeballs > moment. > > So would it be risky if I told her she could ride the QB while I rode AHH > next time we go biking? (I would point her to the Riv site first, > naturally...) > > -E. > > > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
