I'm taking this whole thread about getting rid of bikes and deleting it before my wife sees it.
--Eric Norris [email protected] @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Mar 16, 2017, at 9:37 PM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What are you expecting from the Appaloosa that you are not getting from your > current bicycles? If it's the thrill of a new bike, a silver paint job, > that's fine. But realize you will probably be in the same situation a year > from now. > > My advice would be sell the Bombadil and put the money in a bike slush fund, > but don't commit to anything for the summer, just ride the bikes you have. > Then see where you're at. Maybe a used Wilbury or Gomez or Cheviut in your > size will come up for sale, and you won't have to worry about standover. > > I generally deal with my obsession by buying used bicycles pretty cheap and > circulating and selling parts and stuff to keep me at not too much money > spent each year. And now that I have a 7-year-old who enjoys riding, I get to > buy bikes for him. I also like to help out friends. > > On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 9:45:54 PM UTC-4, Sky Coulter wrote: > Hey All, > > I have a bunch of bikes, with a fair bit of overlap, and yet I find myself > lusting after n+1. At the same time, I don't have a lot of cash to throw > toward a new bike and love the idea of reducing the number of bikes I have. > So I'm kind of inclined to sell off one or two to make more physical and > mental space and to fund the pursuit of the N+1. With that in mind I invite > advice, jeers, and any other comments you might feel inclined to make in > helping guide and influence my decision process. It's a wordy post and > probably of limited interest, but there are pictures at least. > > pictures here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/140959259@N03/albums/72157681401817736/with/32640008764/ > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/140959259@N03/albums/72157681401817736/with/32640008764/> > > The N+1 I'm after is a 55cm silver appaloosa. It's quite a bit smaller in > seat tube length than my other bikes, but Will told me the standover is > 83.5cm and the stack and reach numbers on the geometry chart look about right > for me. I'll build it up with drop bars. Will thought the 58cm would probably > be a better fit, but I think the older I get the more standover clearance I'm > likely to want. > > In the stable currently are: > > 1. 60cm butterscotch Saluki. Probably my best fitting bike with a 84cm > standover on 42mm parimotos (measuring closer to 38mm). Not a bike I'm > really willing to part with. It's quite possibly the nicest bike I'll ever > own and I can see riding it until I can't swing a leg over the saddle. > > 2. 60cm twin top tube dark green Bombadil. This one is probably the most > likely to get moved on as the standover is a bit too tight for comfort. It's > ok on level ground, but a quick dismount on uneven terrain is a frightening > proposition. my pbh is 89cm, although generally I go by 88cm as I seem to > prefer a slight size down approach with rivendells. The standover on the > bombadil with 45cm tires is ~88.5cm, which is ok for controlled dismounts, > but really, feels a little too big. My reluctance to sell it at the moment > is that selling the frame alone won't get me enough for a replacement frame > that fits and that if I sell it as a complete, I'll need to buy a new build > kit. > > 3. 59cm orange Clementine. This bike won't go anywhere for the next while. > It's really my baby daughter's bike, I just act as a chauffeur. > > 4. 61cm light blue Romulus. I love this bike. It feels the fastest of the > bikes I own. Unfortunately it does overlap a fair bit with the Saluki so > it's a bit redundant to keep around. Currently I tell myself that it can be > differentiated as my "beater" bike and ridden in crappy vancouver winter > weather. But really, I'm just lying to myself there; I'd be perfectly willing > to ride the saluki in crappy weather too and with the wider tires it's > probably a better choice. Really, I don't wanna sell it because I'm attached > to it and I don't think it'd ever sell for as much as it's worth to me. But > I feel a little guilty holding onto it because it takes up space and doesn't > offer anything the other bikes don't. > > 5. 2016 61cm matte black Specialized Sequoia. I bought this a month ago to > try out the allroad category from a big bike company and to try STI shifting > and mechanical disk brakes. It's alright. I don't think I'll like it as > much as my rivs and I kinda regret buying it instead of pre-ordering an appa > frameset, but I wanted to try something different. I'd like to keep it for a > year or so, try a couple different things with it before deciding to move it > on. > > > So if you were in my shoes, and the Clementine and Saluki were the two bikes > you intend to hold onto no matter what, what would u do? > > thanks, > > Sky in new west > > > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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