Blessing here. I spend more time riding and less time thinking, writing, talking or stressing about bikes. I have more money in my pocket because I don't worry about trying to find something better than what's already on the bike. The only tweaking I've done on the bike since I got it has been to change out the pedals and (recently) the cassette for a different set of ratios since I've moved away from the area for which it was originally geared.
-Ken On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:45 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it a blessing or a curse, getting a bike that makes all other bikes feel > bad? I think it's a blessing. My first Riv was a tipping point for me. It > changed the way I viewed cycling as a whole. The consequence was that 100% > of my kinda substantial stable got turned over (let me see one, two, > three....seven bikes that I had in the garage in December 2009 are now > gone). I'm back up to 5 bikes for me, and only two of them are Rivendells, > but they are all the direct consequence of the transformation in me that > began with my first Riv and continues. > > > On Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:56:09 AM UTC-7, kennet...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I rode a total of 36 miles today, and never "got used to the handling". >> > Talk about a great way to make you appreciate how great the frames are >> > that >> > Rivendell makes. I was mentally comparing the ride of my Hunqapillar >> > and >> > AHH with this thing all the way home. They are in another class >> > altogether. >> > Next time someone says that the components make all the difference, >> > I'll >> > just have to smirk. >> >> I know the feeling. After I got my Mariposa nothing else was any fun >> to ride (except the tandem.) I could ride the Heron or one of the >> Moultons but they felt dead and heavy. Eventually they all went away >> and I still marvel at the incredible feel of the Mariposa each time I >> ride it. >> >> -Ken > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/DdH0xpGmAKQJ. > > 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.
