I am glad to see that there is another Bay Ridge Brooklyn Rivendell owner. I have an Atlantis and I too ride the Brooklyn water front (mostly at the crack of dawn on weekends) to to Island and beyond. I often like to take a ride out around Jamaica Bay and Riis Park. There are some great views. Last year I did not get a chance to ride much but I am looking forward to increased day length and temperatures. The Atlantis is a perfect bike for the city with its potholes etc. It takes the boardwalk guide will. I love it. I have had it for several years now. I have 35 mm tires that seem to be a perfect compromise between comfort and they don't make you feel too slow. I have it outfitted minimally and it is great.
I keep a bike at work, an old steel-framed 10 speed and ride around Rutgers Campus and down thee old towpath along the Raritan River during the week. Last summer did the Riv thing with this bike and put shellacked cork tapes and tine on ti. Great improvement. The point made about ex[pensive bikes in NYC is well taken-given not the cost but the risk of losing it. So this type of bikes will always be a bit rate here. And the other issue is that most of the bike stores (at least the ones I have been to) tend to either focus on Tour de France pretenders with dollars or the very occasional rider. Cheers, DC On Feb 16, 6:47 pm, Lee Chae <leec...@stanford.edu> wrote: > All you East Coasters seem pretty well represented, at least according > to one source: > > http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/interactive-google-maps/rivendell-... > > Happy riding, > Lee > SF, CA > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Peter F <phfmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nope, Croton Aquaduct ride and Riv Rally East are two separate events. > > The former is a one day local ride. The latter is the weekend long > > rally organized by Montclair Bobby, this year scheduled for April > > 21-22 down in VA? Search the recent archives and there's copious > > discussion of it. > > > On Feb 16, 2:33 pm, Joe K <kube...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for all the nice responses. It's nice to know there are some > >> others of us out there. I may look into the Riv Rally East (same as > >> the Croton ride?) and see if the dates work out for me. > > >> Peter F, yes, I remember our conversations from before, and remember > >> your work...someday I'll get to one of the Avian concerts, and sorry I > >> haven't thus far! Similar to you (but older) I used to haul my kids > >> around in a trailer; back then it was a C-dale Bugger. > > >> Would be very happy to meet up with any of you local folks. I'm in > >> Staten Island, and for all I know I'm the sole Rivendell owner on the > >> island, though my wife has an XO-1. I'll try to bookmark this thread > >> to save your addresses. > > >> Joe > > >> On Feb 16, 10:24 am, Norman <norr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > I live in Montclair, NJ. I've ridden in the TA Century (or part of > >> > it) a couple of times and hope to do it again this year. If anyone > >> > has info on when the Croton Aqueduct BOB ride is, please post. > >> > Norman (Sam H) > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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.
