I remember you mentioning this woman, maybe back when my son got his Clem in 2018? You work together, right? How is she doing?
I’m sure she is so appreciative , knowing how much your bikes mean to you and all. She sounds like a good candidate for a new Clem when the next batch arrives. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 13, 2019, at 6:17 PM, ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Gift of the the Magi here, selling a bike to help a young student pay > tuition. She objectifies a Rivendell, so sometime. For now she has to get > through school and I opted to part with a bike for the cause. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > >> On Friday, December 13, 2019 at 1:15:15 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> Is anyone is getting a new bike or getting a loved one a new bike for >> Christmas? This will be a really fun thread if there are a lot of people >> planning for new bikes under their trees, or it could be really quiet here >> (I know winter is not peak bike-purchasing season for most of the country), >> but let’s see. >> >> I got a Clem a couple of months earlier, so I can’t contribute, but I’ll >> include a short Christmas bike story anyway. My favorite gift as a kid was >> the Huffy purple/black/gray mountain bike I got for Christmas in 5th or 6th >> grade. The problem was that I was born and raised in North Dakota, where the >> winters are long and fierce. I Could. Not. Wait. for spring that year. I >> would walk out into the garage and stare at my new bike all that winter. It >> had GEARS. It came with a WATER BOTTLE (that was cracked, but oh well) and >> it had a small handlebar bag! Sometimes it got the best of me and I’d wheel >> it out onto the street in front of the house and just pedal it a little bit. >> The tires were perpetually flat, and I usually gave up and went back inside >> quickly. But I was so content knowing that new bike - the first new bike I’d >> ever had - was waiting for me in that garage. I could not wait for spring to >> come. >> >> My very best friend got the same bike (both sets of parents favored shopping >> at Target), and on some lucky Fridays, after school let out, we’d pedal home >> to her farm where I’d stay and ride her horses with her all weekend until >> church on Sunday. It was gravel roads the entire ride, and a good 5 miles. >> We were just kids (11?12?) in the 90s and it was a real adventure. I don’t >> know how we weren’t killed by gravel trucks as they crested the hills; >> they’d never be expecting kids riding bikes on those twisty gravel roads. >> Also, what were our parents thinking?!? But the only thing I loved to ride >> more than my purple mountain bike was my friend’s big old quarter horse, Bud >> - so away we went. We were big stuff. >> >> That Huffy was probably the nicest bike I ever had until I was 31 years old >> and got a Betty Foy. I think Mom and Dad still have the Huffy in their >> storage unit in my hometown. I’ll look for it this summer and take a selfie >> with it. Now I’m completely bike-rich and marvel at my humble bike >> beginnings. My first bike was a garage sale bike I got when I was 7, and >> that is another tale. It’s so fun to look back at that Christmas and >> remember how excited I was to taste the freedom that a new bike was going to >> bring me. >> >> I hope someone is getting a new bike for Christmas this year. Christmas >> bikes are the most sacred of bikes. >> >> Leah > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lKaAbGrprzI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/e4a55b46-36da-49d9-ab8d-10170d1eefa5%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/9028A14E-1185-45B8-A4A6-72F6E003012E%40gmail.com.
