This story reminds me of the day when I took my Bombadil to check its fit at RBW. I had it on the roof rack and was about to leave work when a younger co-worker walked by, suddenly stopped and staring at the bike uttered, almost to himself but loud enough so I could hear...
"There is something wrong with that bike... It has one top tube too many and the handlebars are backwards..." Then, turning to me said, what is that...? You're not even riding clipless... As the engineer geek that he is, I told him to first go read the Rivendell website and then we'd talk some more. He is a dual suspension freerider and the Bombadil didn't quite fit in any of his paradigms. We should keep track of what people say when confronted with a concept like the Bombadil that completely blows their pre-conceived notions. René On 1/1/10, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Kip: > > Now you've done it - sent out a blanket invitation to a group that has > a high possibility of taking you up on it. Great report. The Bomba > probably climbed a whole lot better than the tourists double > suspension rides. Come to think of it, maybe they were shuttled to > the top, so they could ride down? Hah! > > dougP > > On Jan 1, 7:26 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Jan 1, 9:50 am, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: >> At the risk of sounding like a tourist here, what is it >> >> > with the double top tube anyway? >> >> If you really are asking, it makes the frames stronger. The lower >> tube makes more of a triangle with the rest of the frame: >> >> http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/bombadil/50-640 >> >> Plus it looks cool. > > -- > > 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-bu...@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. > > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- 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-bu...@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.
