...am I missing something? Cheers! cm
On Sep 3, 7:43 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just saw Macbeth, too. > "Out, damned spot (of Vivian-handling)!" > > On Sep 3, 4:24 am, jamison brosseau <jamison.bross...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > its funny those little differences. In fact My AHH was delivered to > > me by Vivian, my at home ups driver, as was my atlantis, and my > > bombadil i received at work, so keith my at work ups driver delivered > > that bike. Keith is Vivians immediate boss, and all around he is a > > better driver than vivian, i suppose that is why he is the shift > > leader. > > anyway, seeing as how keith is better than vivian it makes sense that > > the bombadil is a better bike, i just enjoy it more knowing it was in > > the caring hands of keith, while the ahh and atlantis both seem > > tainted to me as they were temporarily cared for by Vivian. in two > > seconds im going to get on my ahh and ride to work, i dread the > > moment i have to swing my leg over a bike delivered by an inferior ups > > driver, i mean i could have just had it delivered to work, and then > > maybe i would have enjoyed it some. i guess im just a self loather. > > what should i do, maybe i should stop concentrating on the minute > > differences and just ride my bike they are all rivendells and are > > supposed to have excellent handling attention to detail and a great > > ride. or perhaps i should further differentiate my bikes from those > > around me, convincing myself of their superiority or in the vivian's > > bikes cases inferiority. perhaps i can come up with some syllogisms > > (sp) > > > bikes made in wisconsin are superior to bikes made in japan > > my bikes are made in wisconsin > > my bikes are superor > > > sorry vivian, > > jamison brosseau > > On Sep 2, 10:06 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I will agree that the diagonal tube has always "puzzled" me and I didn't > > > like the fact that it wasn't going all the way to the rear dropouts. On > > > Monday, when I went to pick up the Betty I saw the unpainted prototype up > > > close with wheels on. It has more clearance than the Bombadil so the Big > > > Apples 2.3 didn't seem like they were too close to the seat stays. I can't > > > say that I really like it, but I can't say that I really dislike it > > > either. > > > > With the Bombadil I had no trouble getting used to the double top tubes > > > and > > > found them really handy to lift the bike into/out of the train. I imagine > > > the diagonal tube can help in the same manner. > > > > I don't really like the gray color either, I somehow think that the > > > Rivendells shine in the more pastel colors. I am blown away by the > > > Waterford > > > AHH blue and the Waterford Atlantis green. I was able to compare side by > > > side on the train a Toyo Atlantis against mine, and while not as different > > > as the AHH blue, the Waterford is still more "creamy" and has the same > > > feeling of magic depth that the Waterford blue has for me. The gray > > > definitely doesn't do it for me. :-) > > > > I think that with my current stable I'm set for a very long time (Homer, > > > Altantis & Betty) so I'll be watching the evolution of the Rivendell > > > frames > > > for the time being. > > > > One thing is for sure... no one can stay indifferent to the Rivendell > > > bikes! > > > > René -- 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.
