Finally! My Hillborne is here and together and RIDDEN! Geek out with me on the unboxing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45524...@n08/ Yeehaw! As you were. On Jan 20, 8:32 pm, "Robert F. Harrison" <rfharri...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:12 AM, soapscum <smula...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everybody; I'm new here. This thread seemed as good a place as any > > to introduce myself and dive in. > > Welcome...jump right in, the water is fine. > > > > > I 'only' have 3 bikes (going on 4 when my Sam arrives): a > > fetishistically over-spec Santa Cruz full boinger that is dreamy for > > epic singletrack, but virtually useless for anything else. A Lemond > > Buenos Aires go-fast road ride that I got a screamin' deal on (pity it > > doesn't fit right). Lastly, I have an 'old' Gary Fisher from '95 that > > I'm making into a singlespeed pub crawler. My wife is already asking > > which one I'm planning on getting rid of to make room for the Sam. I > > just tell her that we have a big garage... For me 4 seems the optimal > > number... at least until the next bike... > > Yep, you have 3 bikes with 1 on the way, perfect. When you have 4 bikes > you'll need to work on the "1 on the way" part though. I'm of the the > perfect number is N+1 crowd. > > I suspect you'll love your Sam. I don't own one (yet) myself, making do with > a lovely Quickbeam I took delivery of last December. > > Currently besides the QB I've got a Bike Friday folder (which got to visit > Rivendell last year when I was on the mainland), a single speed conversion > of an old steel framed ATB (yep, it's an ATB not an MTB!), and a Giant > hybrid which may become an Xtracycle. I'm thinking Bombadil for the next > addition, though 5 bikes in a small apartment is beginning to push it. > > > Me, I'm an aging bike geek from Seattle. Glad to be here. > > Stick around! And please send photos of the Sam. Folks around here (me > included) love to see the whole enchilada...assuming your Sam is coming from > Riv, take pictures of the box, the unpacking (you'll be amazed at how well > Riv packs bikes), the build, and some good old bike porn once it's all > together. > > Aloha! > > Bob > > > > > Shawn > > > -- > > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrixblog.statrix.com -- 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.
