... [even if] you are pushing it through the Saturday afternoon crowd in
the narrow aisles of a discount Trader Joe's/Whole Foods clone (Sprout's;
formerly Sunflower, until the owner of the latter got nailed for
naughtiness of some sort).
I was pushing the '03 through the crowded aisles of Sprouts Corrales this
early afternoon; old ladies looks askance as if I'm dangerous; young
matrons sniff and shove past; you are buttonholed everlastingly by the odd
old codger.* But I had leaned the bike against the cheese island, for
forays to the west end of the bulk aisle and north to the sodium nitrate
(sausage and so forth) case, and west and south to the drinks section.
("Drinks" -- wine, beer, spirits -- the fizzy rotgot is far to the east.)
I came back to home base and a young 40-something with potbelly was staring
pensively at the Riv. He saw me and asked, "Is that a Raleigh"? I said,
"No" and explained about small northern CA builder, had several customs,
blah blah blah, and he replied, "I thinks bikes are just so beautiful." At
which point I launched into my screed about how sure, the lugs are nice,
and man, you should have seen the original $800 (?) paint job before Dave
and Chauncey altered the frame and I had it powdercoated; and that the
signature Riv feature is the fit, handling, ride.
And that's not all! Down by the dairy case, a youngster, red headed lad all
of 11 or 12, piped up and said, "Neat bike!"
Bah! to all you frightened old ladies and hard faced soccer moms!**
* Tho' I've had some very interesting conversations when buttonholed by old
has-beens -- stock car racers, spies, fantasists ...
**I generally lock it outside at busy times, but I had forgotten the lock.
I do conscientiously defer to the old beldames (despite a tendency
adequately described my my brother's retort to an old lady in line at the
checkout, way back when and far far away, when she was being rude: "Just
because you're old doesn't mean you have to be nasty".)
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