That cop obviously had an axe to grind, if that's what he considers important to preserving public safety... shake it off, Manny... better times ahead.
Speaking of motorcycles (at the risk of being chastised), I just gave myself an early Christmas gift...a classic a 1997 BMW R60/7(first motorcycle) in mint condition. I only say this because although I've never had ANY desire to ride motorcycles, strangely enough, getting hooked into the Riv culture has somehow made me want to own a classic motorcycle to take on long, back-road journeys... Is that off-the- wall?... or have any of you gotten the same urge as a result of being out there on your bike, seeing beautiful cruising bikes (BSAs, Triumphs, BMWs, etc...) gracefully sneak by you down some lonely road? Don't worry, this will never replace my bike jones; hopefully only enhance it. Merry Christmas to all... Peace, BB On Dec 22, 12:34 am, Manuel Acosta <[email protected]> wrote: > Riding without my Rivendell is meh but doable. Trying to make the best > of the sad situation by riding with old college road bike (carbon > fork, no spoke wheels, no fender mounts. Grant already scold at my > clipless shoes.) and with good old friends. Weird December with no > rain, but I'm not complaining. Good rides so far, got to ride the > Rivendell HQ to meet with a buddy of mine, ran into Erik from Cosmic > Country( Pictures are amazing by the way. check him > out.http://bikenoir.blogspot.com/) who just recently got back from a > overnight trip at Mt.Diablo. Got to see my buddy Will's hanky panky > new bike. Old MB-2 that he got sandblasted and clear coated. Beautiful > bike, super functional huge thanks to Vince and everyone at Rivendell > for helping him out. His bike turned out really well and he seems > really happy about now he just needs to get it dirty, hopefully we can > get a camping trip in soon. > > Pictures prove that Will's bike exist:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxv1zpH > > My other good buddy Duy coming up from LA brought up his Rambouillet > (by far one of my favorite names for a bike). His bike doesn't see a > lot of dirt in LA so when he comes up we try to get it as dirty as > possible. We take the dirt trail up from Lake Chabot to Skyline Road > and ride through West Ridge. Funny looking stares from both ends of > the spectrum from Mountain bikers and Road bikers(Riding non-lycra > clothing on a nice dirt trail with a carbon fork road bike). But not > from Changing Gears Head Mechanic Barry! Ran into this guy with his > well weathered stuntjumper right at the end of West ridge. I was lucky > enough to ride with Barry on a couple rides and this guy rides > everywhere and everything. Truly inspired by what he does at Changing > Gears. > > Today > Riding down Fernside Street in Alameda with my good friend Duy. Nice > chill day deserved a nice chill ride especially after riding through > the Berkeley hills the other day. We come up to the Eastshore street > stop sign. I stop but don't put my foot down (trackstand to keep up) > look left, no traffic and right at the motorcycle cop parked on East > Shore street and I roll through the intersection WITH the car directly > across the street from me. Motorcycle cop pulls me over for rolling > through a stop sign because I didn't put my foot down. I try to > contest but he tells me to save the talking for the judge if I want to > contest the ticket. Venting I know. Even worse case is that Duy gets a > ticket too! Bah. It's a way to start the day. > > Pictures proved that it happened:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxvzoXM > > Meh. Despite the ticket so far so good with the Christmas break. > Looking forward for more rides. Still looking for my bike. But after > this ticket I feel like I might never find it again. I've come to > terms with that. Before school starts I WILL be stopping by RHQ to > test ride some bikes. Hoping for a Holiday Miracle on my stolen bike > or at least not another ticket before the New Years. > This will be one of my last post for a while. So I wish everyone here > on the forum happy holidays, happy riding, happy times. > > -Manny "Don't get another ticket before the New Years" Acosta -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
