Also, just a thought, and maybe a dumb one, but has anyone ever asked for a Clementine frame with more and Glorius lugs?
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2017, at 9:35 AM, Leah Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > You guys are so bad for me. Enablers! Do you know, just yesterday I hired a > painter to repaint the inside of our house, and now I wish I had plunked down > that money for the dream Riv instead. Maybe I could live with the muddy brown > paint put on every wall but the bedrooms (ugh). Or maybe I could have spent > the next year of my life, paintbrush in hand and have figured out how to do > those huge walls over the spiral staircase (asking for a broken neck here). > Maybe I could do the Inconvenient & Hard Things because there would be the > dream Riv mixte in the garage! > > I even know what I would choose. Think: overkill. I would ask for the Cheviot > frame with the Glorius lugs. It would be that luscious Rivendell red - with > sparkles, is it tacky if it has sparkles?, with cream accents. Oh, and can my > name be painted in some lovely place like we saw on that recent orange work > of art on the Blug? It would have dynamo lighting (because oooh you fancy!) > and a double kickstand and the prettiest Nitto racks they make. Ooooh, cream > tires. And pixie dust. Lots of pixie dust. > > And now I must get control of myself and go back to choosing gray paint for > the walls. Barf. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 18, 2017, at 5:04 AM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 02/17/2017 11:23 PM, Ray Varella wrote: >>> Leah, >>> Not to be devils advocate, but if you are using your bike for >>> everyday transportation and or recreation, it makes good sense to have a >>> second bike. >>> I've ever been reliant on a shop for my repairs and maintenance but there >>> have been many occasions where I was leaving for work and either had a flat >>> or something that I forgot to deal with the previous day and was able to >>> just grab another bike. >>> >>> Set them up a bit differently. >> >> Absolutely. Agree 100%. Even with a shop that has a policy of prioritizing >> repairs to commuter bikes there will still be times when a second bike will >> be a huge convenience. How often have you discovered you had a slow leak by >> finding one of your tires flat as you were getting ready to ride to work? >> And how many of us leave that much spare time in the morning before heading >> to work that we can take the time to fix a flat without feeling rushed and >> harried? I've been there often enough over the years to really appreciate >> having a back-up. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/FhnA58Yk-Kc/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
