Has your wife read this review? http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2010/11/popular-girl-test-riding-rivendell.html
An email grouping works pretty well for smaller regional stuff. We also have the somewhat effective flickr group as well. Not everybody is on flickr or checks it regularly though. On Aug 16, 8:20 am, Hugh Rope <hughr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Rivendell Owners' Bunch, > > I'm writing to ask for your help. We've *almost* decided to get a 52 > cm Betty Foy for my wife. > > She's 5'4" and rides with a a saddle height just a smidge below 25". > She's currently commuting on a full-suspension Canndondale w/ road > slicks, and she's *almost* convinced that a lovely steel mixte with > fenders & upright bars would be a better commuter (and a source of > joy, what with the pretty hearts in the lugs...). > > But here's the thing: She's concerned about ordering a bike that she's > never seen or ridden. Emphasis on the ridden, I think. > > We live in Kensington, Maryland, which is just outside the Capital > Beltway, next to Bethesda. > > My question is, might there by a proud Betty Foy owner or "Rivendell > ambassador" somewhere in the greater DC/Baltimore area, who might let > my wife check out (take just the quickest of spins on) such a bike? > > Please forgive my presumption. And thank you sincerely, in advance, > for any help. > > Thanks! > > -HR -- 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-bunch@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.
