Indeed! The story of the day and a very beautiful bike. I was at RBW on Friday and test rode the Yves 58 and the 60. Also saw the Betty up close, although it was the 52.
My story is I want to get a Mixte for my daughter to come and ride with me, but I also want to be able to ride it with its upright position, Albatross bars, etc. With Albatross bars the 60 fit me best, but it would be too long if I ever wanted a different handlebar. The 60 would likely be too big for my daughter. She's 5'7" woth a PBH of 83.5. The 58 will fit us both, and that's the one I'm going with. Between the Betty and the Foy, I'll probably go with a Betty to avoid the added delay of the Yves/custom paint. She'll be going back to school by then. The Betty in person looked much better than on the photos. It will be interesting to see if one of the earlier ones popped up for sale in the meantime. Looking forward to a summer filled with S24Os with my children (well, maybe two or three...) Perhaps my youngest daughter will want to come as well... Perhaps even my wife! All of those will be more driving/ biking/camping trips than hard-core S24Os, but hey, anything is better than nothing!!! :-) Need to change the family lifestyle! René (the OT) ;-) On 5/30/10, Rene Valbuena <valbu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > David, > > Your Glorious Mixte story made my day. > > "The story doesn’t really have a moral except that the Glorius is a > great bike and I married wisely." -- what a line! > > Thanks, > > (Another) René > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sprunger > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:50 AM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes > > 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. >> 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. > 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. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- 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.
