Back when I was still working in an office across town, I found myself commuting on beaters while my 2003 custom Road hung on the wall (I also had the 1999 custom Road). In 2006 I had Dave Porter de-derailleur it for use as a fixed gear commuter, and that has been the bike's role ever since.
The bike would often go on bus bike racks, too. So, another "+1". On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 10:01 AM Eric Karnes <epkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I encourage everyone to get a Riv for a commuter bike...and not to worry > about a few scratches. > > I bought my SimpleOne as a commuter for center city Philadelphia. Having > gone through a number of cheap bikes that "I wouldn't be afraid to lock > up," I found that I hated riding them. They were uncomfortable and twitchy. > Finally I just buckled down and splurged on a used SimpleOne from the list. > Three years and countless bike rack scratches later, I always look forward > to riding it. And as an added bonus, I think it looks even better with a > bit of character. There's just something about banged up lugged steel bikes > with knobby tires that do it for me. > > At the end of the day, Rivs ARE expensive bikes. But having decided to > ditch my car a few years ago, I did some math. I'm on a budget (like most > people) and certainly don't have much disposable income to waste. But I > calculated that it would be cheaper to buy a new custom Rivendell EVERY > YEAR than simply insuring and garaging a car where I live (not even > including the cost of the car itself, gas, service, etc). The decision > seemed a simple one (pun intended). > > They are wonderful bikes. But at the end of the day, they are just bikes. > And if mine ever gets stolen or wrecked, I can easily have the folks a Riv > build me a lovely new one. > > Eric > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtTwhLr%2B5wwm9N2QK5iH_JJw6DrczQmi9irjO96u53pBA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
