I think you need to know more about 'Me.' If you had followed his blog of a few years ago, you would know he does not consume meat, uses the bike as his primary form of transit, and, importantly, is very involved in motivational efforts concerning weight loss, fitness, cycling, etc.
It is not uncommon for people who live public lives to forget details of their private lives. On Apr 22, 8:42 am, swenindy <brynnarswen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry to say it but I find this post extremely distasteful. I > know all of us on this list find the money to buy expensive bikes (at > least once in a while) but this "oops, I forgot two grand worth of > dreamy bike parts in my basement" routine is unbelievable and a really > pompous way to let everyone know about both your "good" taste and your > disposable income. > > I mean really, if you could "forget" a new Riv build with Paul, King, > TA, etc. components how serious of a cyclist are you? I would bet > most of us think hard and save up for expensive bike builds. The type > of attitude reduces the love of beautiful bikes to absent minded > conspicuous consumption. > > So, did I miss the joke or something? > > On Apr 21, 3:13 am, Me <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > ...just walked down into our basement to get a tool, looked over to my > > right and was curious what was in one of our many boxes from our > > various relocations in the past 3 years [first, from the NYC area to > > Minnesota, and then, now, to Portland, OR]. > > > Ha, completely forgot I have a brand new, totally un-built Rivendell > > 'Bleriot' frameset with all the parts sitting in a box. Some nice > > parts too: lugged stem, Noodles, Paul 'Racer' brakes, TA rings and a > > beautiful daVinci crankset... all sitting in there, all new and > > unopened. > > Box next to it, a brand new wheelset of Velocity 650B 'Synergy' rims, > > laced to a SON hub for the front and for the rear, a Chris King > > cassette hub. > > > Me thinks I am going to finally build this thing up and try out the > > whole 650B thang. > > > **no wonder my wife continually reminds me I am an idiot** > > > -Scott > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
