Brian is my new idol. I’m in the same loop. I keep on building up:
- 29er steel hardtails - 700c versatile cross type bikes - sometimes an old UJB (or UAB if it’s an old Trek) I have a dream to focus and downsize to just two, maybe my Jones for mountain biking and something else for running around town. But then what do I do when I get an urge to ride fixed gear? And so it goes. But this town bike would more likely be a Bike Friday than a swoopy humming-Riv, so I’m sorry for the digression! Eric On Monday, September 30, 2019, Brian Campbell <bdcampbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sell the Riv's that would be dupilcate, apply the funds to the custom and > make it your main, if not only bike. FWIW, I had a pretty serious vintage > bike collection 9 full bikes, many frames and many parts. Like many folks, > I just kept constructing the same bike over & over because it was what I > liked and represented how I rode. It took a lot of time energy and money > keeping it all going. > > I sold all of it in 2013 and bought an Hilsen. I saved my self a lot time, > maintenance and mental energy by down sizing. I rode more and spent less > time online searching and hunting for more "stuff". It was my only real > bike until just recently when I got the final Riv Legolas. > > I set the Legolas up to be light and simple. It is a very different animal > that the Hilsen. Both are practical, can be configured in a number of > different ways for future "twidling" if need be. > > Having a limited set of choices , in this case two, seems to heighten the > enjoyment of each. Having too many choice made me dissatisfied. I say do it > and don't look back. > > On Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 11:48:21 PM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding > Ding! wrote: >> >> A Genuine Pretend Anniversary Mixte >> >> Ever since the sketch and the mention of a 25th Rivendell Anniversary >> Mixte on the Blahg, I have been waiting like a kid on Christmas. The bikes >> I love are the mixtes/step-throughs and what an honor that a mixte was >> going to be the bike representing Rivendell Bicycle Works on their 25th. >> Since then, I’ve haunted the Blug and the Blahg, checking my traps for any >> hint of the rumored mixte coming to life. The fancy lugs, the Rivendell >> decal, the wispy, light ovalized tubes, the “One Bike To Rule Them All” >> decal I was jockeying to get Rivendell to place in some secret spot on the >> frame...I can’t forget about it. >> >> In a recent e-newlsetter, the AM was mentioned but then seemingly tabled. >> It’s inconceivable to me that this project may not happen. The lugs have >> been designed, and they look to have a hummingbird cut into the lugwork. >> And there’s no bird I love better than a hummingbird. >> >> I was discussing (despairing) online with friends from the List and one >> of them said, “Why don’t you just get this in a custom? They might even >> make those lugs for you.” >> >> I am not a custom kind of gal. I love the stock Rivendells I have in my >> garage. But if the only way I can get an Anniversary Mixte is to make it >> out of a custom, well, there’s an idea. >> >> A Genuine Pretend Anniversary Mixte. >> >> Grant is 65. The Gallup bike and the Longbolts bike are ahead of the AM >> in the queue. The lug maker is going out of business. It could be a very >> long time before the AM is in production. If ever. >> >> I can’t be the only one whose heart was set on having this bike. Would >> anyone else want a Genuine Pretend Anniversary Mixte? Would it be over the >> top if I ordered it as a custom? Would anyone else do the same? Would we >> have a batch of them ordered? And if so, can I choose the color? RICH RED >> WITH SPARKLES AND CREAM ACCENTS. Jewel-toned, like a hummingbird. >> >> This might be impossible. Too expensive, maybe Rivendell won’t agree to >> it, maybe it’s a bad idea - but I’d at least like to explore it. Reply if >> you have thoughts about it. This is fun, even if it turns out to be a pipe >> dream. >> Leah > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4ef5586a-cdab-4a97-b606- > 2106dfc77359%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4ef5586a-cdab-4a97-b606-2106dfc77359%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5Bt-mVhiEu2EdgmppEdN-sXt-%2B%2BvHxwnVbGUGX_%2BcAQCw%40mail.gmail.com.
