I'm sure there are many on this list who have way more than just one (or even just two) bikes. I myself have 4: a Riv road bike (Rambouillet), an old early 70's Fuji Finest road bike (rebuilt and reconfigured as a Resurrectio), a single-speed MTB (Surly 1x1), and a dual-boinger Trek MTB (which I inherited, too). And I ride them all, according specialized needs and usefulness. The Ram gets ridden on trails when conditions are fairly good and for longer rides; the Resurrectio gets ridden on the trails when conditions are poor and for shorter rides; the Surly is used as a kind of general purpose utility bike to run errands, etc.; and the Trek gets ridden during the late Fall and early Spring months when trail conditions are pitiful. In other words, each one has a kind of niche usefulness. You could do the same with those two Riv bikes you now own.
As far as packs and bags go, I'd recommend picking a neutral color that goes with anything. Black is my favorite for that. On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 12:22:56 AM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > So, I got this inherited Clementine and I’m all in a tizzy over it. I have > two bikes and I don’t know how to have two bikes. Old Two-Bike Leah. It’s > catchy. > > As I was saying, I’m trying to figure out how to have two bikes. You can > only have one favorite (don’t argue; it’s true) and right now it’s that > aqua Clementine. It’s absolutely sublime and if you need proof that the > Clementine is superior, it can be summed up with this: my sister and I > fight over it. Ok, I’m exaggerating, but one of us has to ride the Betz and > the other gets the Clementine and we don’t even pretend to hide our > preference anymore. If you want to know more than that, message me and I’ll > tell you why we are rabid over my Clementine. But the bottom line is the > Betz is amazing and the Clementine is heavenly. > > So, I think Clementine is the primary bike I’ll be riding. When we start > our school commute, I’m trying to figure out the configuration for racks > and bags. I think I want the Nitto Big Rear Rack with Backabike bags. I may > also want a Happisack in the same color. The current color offerings are > not ideal for this happy, aqua bike. Can I get your opinions here? > > 1. Forget Olive. I don’t like it. > 2. I like the gray grid, but the green edging bothers me. It’s the wrong > green. > 3. My favorite iteration of the bags is the blue, but it might clash with > the aqua. It may be awesome and unexpected, though. > > I’d love to hear if learning to use and love 2 bikes was stressful for > you, as well as what you think I should do about the bag situation. Is blue > and green overkill? I’d like to finally sew on some fun patches I’ve been > saving. I want the bike bags I put on the Clementine to be keepers. Lots of > pressure to get the color right! > > Thanks, > Leah > PS Pics show my bag choice against my Clementine paint, and also, my > sister, brother in law and kids riding the bike paths of MN. We have 3 > Clems and a Betty! -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/be2af011-89e9-40b6-8935-bfd28b9f80c2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
