Julian, Don't take stuff like that too seriously. I used to hear that crap and the assh$#les would get real quiet when I passed them up a hill. At 64 and a bad back, I stay away from long, hilly rides, but I still ride my Riv. Rivs are not racing bikes, but they are bikes for those of us that love to ride and enjoy our own pace. In the scheme of things, we've got these morons beat in riding pleasure and satisfaction. We win.
On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 6:42:39 PM UTC-7, Julian wrote: > > I was out on my Rambouillet on a club ride on Sunday (a near perfect > spring day -- sun, blue skies, temps in upper 70's, little wind), enjoying > the day and the company for the most part, until a fellow I do not really > know (those who know me consider the Ram comparatively normal for me!) > rode up on a carbon "wonder bike", said "where'd you get that relic?," > "that thing must be a tank," "you're making the club look bad," and a few > other choice bits accompanied by a chuckle or two. > > I tried to be polite, pointing out it was not really vintage, that Rivs > have great ride characteristics, beautiful aesthetics, that It was the > right bike for "me" etc. -- to no avail. After a few minutes of this I got > fed up and told him to be quiet and rode away from him. I'm not sure how > best to deal with people like that. > > I get this sort of thing from time to time, but usually really minimal > compared to this joker. How do you respond? > > Julian Westerhout > Bloomington, IL > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
