Andy, I’m originally from north of your area, New Castle PA. My folks still live there. I keep a bike at their house. There is a really nice bike trail that runs along the Mahoning River between New Castle and Youngstown OH. Have you ridden it? It is ten miles one way and not exactly challenging or too exciting but I love riding it because it is so different that pedaling in LA. The trail was built on an old electric trolly right of way that ran from Youngstown to Cascade Park in New Castle. I think it was from the late 19th century. One time I found some of the original bricks from the tracks and the date was something like 1890.
I try to be careful with my bikes. I have a friend that is the opposite, he can take a brand new bike and make it look 25 years old in a month. Cheers! > On Dec 18, 2020, at 6:31 AM, ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > > James, your custom is a thing of beauty! It is a fantastic time capsule of a > Rivendell. > > My 2002 Rambouillet, following Pam's comparison, shows its campaign stripes > in what I describe as beausavage in respect to the events leading to this > place in time. > <8B80B8D9-58CA-432E-BFCB-F16028B6930B_1_105_c.jpeg> > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:20:28 PM UTC-5 Pam Bikes wrote: > Pristine! How do you keep it so new looking? Most people think mine is > vintage b/c it has so much beausage. > > On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 7:51:36 PM UTC-5 James Valiensi wrote: > Yes my math was bad. I ordered the frame Aug 2002 and it was delivered Feb > 2003. > I requested the front rack braze-ons for a front rack. At the time Rivendell > had not done this. I had to send a drawing of where to put them. Now they are > standard. > I also requested an extra low bottom bracket. I’m not sure they would do that > again because there is an issue with pedal strikes while cornering. I don’t > pedal thru fast corners (I enjoy coasting!) > > I have a carpenter that I’ve used for many years, he does excellent work. > > >> On Dec 17, 2020, at 4:32 PM, Ian A <atte...@gmail.com <>> wrote: >> > >> Really nice looking bike and the new handlebars suit well. I also admire the >> impressive tile work in the background. Is there a stone mason in the >> family? >> >> I appreciate this year would like to have been skipped by many, but isn't >> 2003 - 2020 closer to 17 years? >> >> :) IanA Alberta Canada (where we are about 30 years behind the rest of the >> world). >> >> > >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <>. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/18db6cda-6180-4362-bce2-85e10149940en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/18db6cda-6180-4362-bce2-85e10149940en%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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/22496645-4fb6-49d9-9fa0-08d2053fa59dn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/22496645-4fb6-49d9-9fa0-08d2053fa59dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <8B80B8D9-58CA-432E-BFCB-F16028B6930B_1_105_c.jpeg> -- 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/2D14F61E-B509-4BDD-82A5-526297EDA5FA%40gmail.com.
