I've admittedly got a huge stable of bikes. It has "swole" to fully 16 bikes at the moment. I'm really proud of the fact that all of them are dialed and that I ride them all. As a result, even though I put down a decent amount of mileage, none of my bikes has been ridden an epic amount.
The bike I've owned the longest and ridden the most is my 56cm Rivendell Sam Hillborne. I bought it initially in December of 2009. My work situation recently changed and has me travelling to Wayne County Michigan once a month, for at least a week at a time. As an investment in my own quality of life away from home, I shipped out my Hillborne, which now lives in my office. At first it seemed like exile, but now I realize it's a position of honor. Here on the west edge of the eastern time zone, it stays light until 9PM or later, so there's a ton of time to get riding in, and when the choices are watching TV in a hotel room or going on a ride, it's been quite easy to put quite a few miles in. When you have only one bike, the choice is "ride or don't ride". There's no fretting over wear-leveling the whole stable. Over this past weekend I made a longer trek out into Washtenaw County to visit Ann Arbor. It's shocking how quickly the miles peel away when there are no hills to speak of. My Sam Hillborne is freaking perfect, and there is no question in my mind that if I had to downsize from 16 bikes to 1, the Hillborne would be the one I'd keep. Here's a few shots of my endeavors to increase my footprint in Wayne County. https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51184956010 https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51183817561 https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51183880066 https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51183881196 https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51184958840 Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA (but sometimes Livonia, MI) -- 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/8f5cf163-74cb-45a6-bf47-56f085765849n%40googlegroups.com.
