I got my first Rivendell (a Betty Foy), in late ‘12. I knew nothing about anything and came to this group in search of knowledge and camaraderie. There were few women then, and when one would appear, I’d call her my RivSister. Over the years we have grown in number. We have found each other on social media, sent gifts through the mail, video messaged, and even met in person.
Pam Murray had an idea. The Cycling Queen of the Queen City would invite us to her hometown, Charlotte, NC for a few days of riding. I arrived a day late, as Ice Storm Cora made the WV mountain passes impassable. I arrived at our cute Airbnb, The Rosebud Retreat, and was joined shortly after by Roberta of Philadelphia, PA, Kate of Trenton, NJ, Dorothy of Simi Valley, CA and Pam of Charlotte, NC. I have never seen so many mixtes. Pam has a bike library full of Rivendell mixtes, and Roberta and I brought 2 more. Dorothy had the lone diamond frame, an orange Roadini. Pam rode her famous Betty Foy and borrowed Kate her 55 cm RBW blue Cheviot. Roberta chose her mermaid Platy and I brought my purple Gravel & Travel Platypus. We started our days at the local coffee shops. From there, we met Pam and took rides to see historic buildings, greenways, a mansion, neighborhoods, and eateries. We did a night ride that included riding through uptown. (They don’t say downtown in Charlotte; uptown sounds more elevated!) There was a constant stream of chatter; we covered all the topics. We drank obscene amounts of coffee. Braided hair. Baked sourdough bread (I drove 700 miles with my starter in my truck). We lost the keys a lot. We rode with the sun soaking into our bones, thankful for wool and steel. Grateful for sisterhood and the bikes that bind us. Below is the IG link. It shows up better on FB so if you are on RBW Owners Bunch on FB, look there. I’ll send a 2nd post with some photos and commentary. I’m switching my profile back to private in a week or so, and then the link won’t work. Leah https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE_feSDOxr-/?igsh=MWY5cXpzZGpibm51Mg== -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/27a9b5f3-028e-4ea1-8725-3034acc1e3c2n%40googlegroups.com.
