Hi Julian On the occasions that I took my AHH into a bike shop here in the UK the staff were always really impressed and told me what a lovely bike they thought it was. Often the owners (who, admittedly, were older) made a point of coming out to talk to me about it. To me these are the knowledgeable folks who know bikes and their genuine admiration made me feel good about my choice and their shop. In a similar vein to others, the AHH was, by a long shot, the bike that got the most admiration from people (family, friends and total strangers). My wife even had me bring it into the studio once when we had a family portrait done! Viva la difference! Chris
On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 02:42:39 UTC+1, 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.
