Well described, written, and photographed. Thanks for sharing. On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < jonasandle...@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 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/27a9b5f3-028e-4ea1-8725-3034acc1e3c2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfguvXiMy%2BT1mscaM0eyXdqSHYHt760mYjXU3iq93fB1RTg%40mail.gmail.com.
