I'm no neat freak but that my friend is one dirty derailleur...would that work with an indexer? Agree about Portland...it is a fun place to ride a bike. I could spend weeks in Powell's.
On Sep 17, 10:17 pm, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks guys. I was lucky to be able to do this trip and i really > am glad I could do it. BTW the wheels are the Shimano/Velocity > combo that r...@rivnendell builds. My chainring/cog teeth are > somewhat hooked but they still have life left in them. > > As far as photos, I just managed to upload a couple on flickr: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/43029...@n07/sets/72157624854639259/ > > One is of some antelope in Wyoming, and the other is from Jasper park > in Alberta. It's kind of daunting how many photos I have, some of > them pretty random and I'll need to sort through them all when I get > home. > > PS, Mike you are from Portland, right? I have to say, I was > awestruck by that town's bicycle infrastructure. Bike lanes in the > middle of the road- not near the car door zone, but in the middle of > the road. And it seemed like there was designated bicycle parking > every other city block downtown. Signs along the bike routes > telling you exactly how far you are from the next point of > interest! People out walking, children playing in the > fountains... And the amount of people riding bicycles- not > 'cyclists', but people riding bicycles. I could not believe that a > town such as that could exist in the US anyway. Powell's books was > bustling. Also beguiling was the number of bookstores present in even > the smallest of towns in Oregon. People really like to read there, > huh? It's unamerican. seriously. I also met a couple of really > cool guys named Aaron and Phil from Portland who happened to be riding > down to Lincoln City for the weekend when I left, and we rode down > there together. I could not have asked for better company on the > way to the coast, and they were very gracious in waiting for me on the > hills. > > On Sep 17, 1:40 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey Matt, that's really cool. I'm glad your tour went well. I hope > > you'll share some pictures with us at some point. I think your > > experience is a testament to the quality of the products Rivendell > > produces and promotes. I've been really satisfied with the quality and > > performance of what I've purchased from Rivendell. > > > I've been to RBWHQ once before and only met Grant who was really nice > > and very engaging. I'm going to visit there later this month and > > really excited about that. There's some items that I'd probabaly never > > purchase but will be excited to check out in person. > > > --mike- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
