Why impute or wonder about base motives? I am a writer; I know that one often writes "from the hip" and only after hitting "send" (so to speak) remembers that there is also "this" or "that" that one ought to have mentioned. I expect Grant didn't spend hours analyzing his statement-to-be. and there is no reason why he should do so.
Back to the Topic: I bit the bullet several years ago and had my 2003 custom Curt gofast converted by Dave Porter here in ABQ into a Fixed Commuter, to be tossed casually onto bus bike racks along with the miserable Huffys, Magnas and leftover 1990 mtbs (whose riders, miserable, unshaven, hung over, eyes glazed, muttering feebly, facial muscles twitching, in dirty flannel shirts and jeans shiny with years of grime, sweating and stinking, dozens of plastic grocery bags containing their weird, magpie assortments of personal possessions, swinging from the handlebars, matted grey hair half-covering wild, bloodshot eyes --- but I digress) and it survived with a few scuffs and nicks. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
