Looks like such a good time, I'm glad this came together so well! In January, no less!! I can see this growing into quite the annual event. That one diamond frame among all the mixtes must have felt a little self conscious. What an awesome fleet.
On Saturday, 18 January 2025 at 20:37:34 UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > The joke was, “Let’s post this and tell the guys to guess all the sizes.” > [image: image0.jpeg] > > The other joke was, “Let’s text this to my husband and ask him to guess > which 3 of these I’ll be bringing home.” > [image: image1.jpeg] > > Left to right: Leah, Kate, Pam, Dorothy and Roberta. > Shortly after, my bike tipped over in dramatic fashion, smashing the > ergonomic bar end plug, knocking the bars askew and snapping every zip tie > on that basket. Dorothy, in her lilting Wales accent said, “I’m sorry that > happened, Love.” > [image: image3.jpeg] > > The sole thing I miss about the van is that it allowed my bike to be > upright. It worked fine this way, though. > [image: image4.jpeg] > > [image: image5.jpeg] > > > [image: image9.jpeg] > [image: image13.jpeg] > [image: image10.jpeg] > We found a dragon. With our Fellowship of Rivendells. > [image: image11.jpeg] > The one and only. And in the right color, too! > [image: image12.jpeg] > > If you’re hungry for more, visit my IG link or view it on the Riv Facebook > group. There are a lot more photos and videos there. > > Leah > > On Jan 18, 2025, at 11:17 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < > jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/qz8vjmegKN4/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/27a9b5f3-028e-4ea1-8725-3034acc1e3c2n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/27a9b5f3-028e-4ea1-8725-3034acc1e3c2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/afc6ff24-08e2-4ea2-a7c6-dc2d8c7323dcn%40googlegroups.com.
