After starting with a Bridgestone XO-5 I picked up from a friend, I bought an H. Homer Hilsen 56cm 650B I believe from the Taiwanese builds that used to cost $2400. Love than bike and still have it. Thus began my love of 650B and wider tires. I read somewhere where Grant admired Mercians. I can’t remember where but ended up picking up a 1983 Mercian King of Mercia from my local Craiglist and converting it to 650B. I then bought two more used Mercians converting them to 650B and eventually had Mercian build me a new 650B bike for my 70th birthday present too me. Since I’m bought an Appaloosa and a Crust Romanceur. My favorites in order are probably the 2020 Mercian, the Crust and the Homer.
David > On Oct 7, 2025, at 11:10 AM, J S <[email protected]> wrote: > > After, is there really an after, all but one have been Rivendells, 11 or so, > plus 1 Bridgestone RB1. > > On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 4:53:29 PM UTC-4 Michael Morrissey wrote: >> I like bikes and I was thinking of implementing a new life rule: buy a new >> bike every ten years whether I need to or not. Of course, I don't need to. I >> bought my Appaloosa in 2016 and have been happily riding it since then. >> >> I was wondering, people who have bought Rivendells and enjoyed them, and >> then decided to get another bike, what bike did you get and why? >> >> Please I want to hear from normal people who own 3 or fewer Rivendells, not >> people who have one of every model of Rivendell and who get personal >> greeting cards from Grant Peterson. >> >> Where did you go from the top? Custom? Surly? Crust? Jones? Urban Arrow for >> you and your offspring? Full squish mountain bike? Moto Guzzi? Brompton? >> Citibike all the time? Beater 26" mountain bike? Feel free to message me off >> list if you can't admit you moved away from lugged steel. I'm just a curious >> bike nerd. This is not market research. >> >> Michael >> > > > -- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6b9d2d6-e65e-40e9-a451-45483a274ab3n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6b9d2d6-e65e-40e9-a451-45483a274ab3n%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/E3D27810-D8DF-4103-9BA7-48A256CDFB35%40gmail.com.
