My Rivendells always get "That's a cool bike!" reactions, here in ABQ. If I were in your situation, I'd have told the idiot, "You must be new to cycling" or "Is your name Fred?"
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:42 PM, Julian <westerh...@gmail.com> 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
