'87 was a good year! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:49 AM, David Sprunger <sprun...@gmail.com> wrote: > René, > > You asked for the mixte story, so here’s one although maybe not the > one you had in mind. When my wife and I were engaged in the mid-80s, > she volunteered that instead of an engagement ring, she would prefer a > new bicycle. Being frugal self-sufficient graduate/medical students, > we ended up with a lower-end neon Specialized mountain bike that she > rode for some years before putting it aside for a used XO-2. > > After two decades of marriage, our circumstances had changed, so for > our 20th anniversary, I bought an unbuilt Glorius frame on ebay and > built up the kind of bike I wish we could have afforded in 1987 > (although such a bike was probably not available then). The > Specialized is still in the basement for nostalgia’s sake. > > Some pictures are here: > http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/bikes/glorius/ > > The story doesn’t really have a moral except that the Glorius is a > great bike and I married wisely. > > David Sprunger > Fargo, ND > > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I know about the Yves Gomez and the Betty Foy, but I just discovered on > > Flickr the Willbur and the Glorius. What's their story? > > > > René > > > > -- > > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
