I thought Grant's little musings were nice -and reassuring given my recent Bleriot purchase - but I wonder if he's being obtuse and purposefully ignoring the Velo-Orange Polyvalent or finds something seriously wrong with it.
On Jul 17, 12:08 pm, manueljohnacosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Grant's new post intrigued some thoughts within my weary brain. Found > on the Rivendell site. > > "Now almost every bike abovet $300 has a shock fork and almost no bike > below a Surly is steel. Fuji has one. Raleigh has eleven. Raleigh's > slogan in the ancient days, way before mom and dad met, was "The All- > Steel Bicycle", and I think Raleigh now is trying to recapture the > spirit, maybe. > > It would be so easy to tig-weld a cheap bike that was Affordable Yet > Fully Wholeheartedly Endorseable, but we're locked in to lugs, and > it's staying that way. Over the years we've talked a little about > making a Super Cheap with lugs, but the lower limit isn't all that > low, because the labor is so much more intensive. > > It makes some sense, though. Everybody needs a beater and too many > people are afraid to make their Rivbike into the bike they can lock > outside the movie theater or bookstore for a few hours. I'm thinking > of a way to do it, and it's not looking likely, but it's not been > ruled out yet, either, and it's not a front-burner project. I will get > to it if at all in many moons." > > I for one love my bleriot. The ride and the functionally has far > surpassed my expectations. I make it my bike to do anything with, > short of fast road rides( more because I'm not strong enough and I'm > too stubborn to leave the carradice bag at home). Over the course of a > half of year after owning my bleriot this bike has turned into some > what a "beater" in a sense that I don't mind leaving it outside out at > a farmers market locked with an irish strap. My nicks and scratches > have far pass the point of beasuage and the low model campy components > aren't holding up well because of the abused/misuse. But I don't feel > bad for that I'm using the bike for it's purposes despite being a > covet "Rivendell Bike. Just curious of how others treat their > rivendells? Are they really used to their full potential? Or locked > away shameless in the garage because of their face value? > > -Manny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
