Thanks to all of you who responded. I enjoyed reading all the posts. Beth, my wife would agree and disagree with your reply. She would be adamant in both cases, though: I do have too many bikes, and that proves the second point, having more than one butt, the other being at the top end of my torso.
The folder prospect I am respectfully dismissing. I have owned folders in the past, and rarely ever folded them. My entire commute is by bike, and I never incorporate public transit into that commute, so a folder isn't needed. My employer has a large, and very secure and convenient bike cage in the basement garage of the building, so my commuter is never locked out on the street to a pole or meter. My second employer allows bikes to be brought right up into the work space. Many have advised to keep the QB. I admit that I nearly left it on my "keep" list as well. Last year I removed the drop bars and replaced them with Albas, and that is a wonderful commuting set up. But, last year I also picked up my Yves Gomez, and equipped it with albas, a rack, and a wide-range double chain ring set up. That has become my favorite all time commute/short day rides bike, so it will stay in my garage. I'll need to fender it, however, if I dump the Jamis commuter. For the time, I'll remove the QB from the list. Maybe go back to drop bars. Many urge keeping the Atlantis. I agree. It was never in jeopardy. Several urge keeping the Bleriot. I like it a lot, but it is a size too small, and my Rawland will give me the 650B experience. I will keep the Rawland for the handful of times each year that I ride off-road in desert sand conditions and very occassional day rides up Mt. Tam or in the Marin Headlands. I do have two sets of 650 wheels, and have commuted on the Rawland with a set shod in Fatty Rumpkins. For the road, I like the Canti-Rom, and it was my very first RBW purchase. Fits like a glove. Always welcome more comments. This is a very cool groupo! ________________________________ From: Beth H <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sun, May 6, 2012 5:59:26 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: Rationalizing a Reduction; Encourage Me It's both a nice and slightly embarassing quandry to have: 9 bikes, one butt. I recently sold off my singlespeed (Redling MonoCog) after determining that, much as I've anjoyed it, my knees can no longer handle singlespeed mountain biking. That leaves the All-Rounder, the LongLow and the Surly Big Dummy as my remaining bikes that are ready to ride. Between the three of them, my bikes don't "so it all", but as a rider, neither do I anymore. I think the hardest part was admitting to myself that I had changed enough as a rider to justify selling off the dross. Beth in PDX -- 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. -- 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.
