On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:02 PM ian m <darkgizz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 12:26:11 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > > All those wanting Rivendell to re-release bikes they made 10 years ago do > NOT have to turn in their Riv card, but they ARE outing themselves as PAWNS > of the T&D IC. Resist the pressures of the Time and Date Industrial > Complex! > > > BL I feel like I understand where you're coming from in this thread and > largely I don't disagree with much of what you're saying but I think > there's a heaping good portion of "I got mine" in your perspective. Yes, I > do have whatever the reverse of FOMO is when it comes to Riv bikes (Sad I > Missed Out, SIMO?). I learned about Riv circa the late aughts while working > at Amoeba in Berkeley and riding my POS fixed gear bike (with Wald 808 bars > and front basket) everywhere. Dreamt of virtually every model at the time, > all of which were firmly out of reach with a record store employee > paycheck. Had I been able to afford a couple twos threes of their bikes at > the time I'd probably be hang up free about their current designs. But I > think we all want what we can't have, and (for a terrible comparison) I > lament plenty of other unfortunate changes like the reality of modern > pickup trucks as opposed to my first two, the Datsun 720 and Toyota 22RE. > Change may be constant but it's not always beneficial > I see where you're coming from but I have no idea why you'd hesitate to get a custom built if nobody else is making what you want. With the price increases many Rivendells are actually no cheaper than a custom frame built by a local framebuilder. -- 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/CAPh0EZ4sKZfJg7p4gv357Rz9mTuUe6jjB2GYcg1BxKpDRX1voA%40mail.gmail.com.
