Scott: Here's some solidarity for you. I have owned four Rivs (3 customs, one Sam Hill) and still have the two later customs, both fixed gears, one with fat (32 mm) tires, dynolight and rack, t'other a stripper gofast (just did a brief hilly ride and it is FUN!). I do agree with the other poster that, after all, this is a Riv list and so a sort of focus is to be expected; but OTOH, there is more to Rivs than high bars, shellac and fancy luggage: for me, the essence of Rivendellianishness is not lugs, fancy paint or pretty luggage, but **fit** and **handling** -- every time (and I've bleated about this for, what, 15 years now -- I get back onto a Riv after riding some other bike that I've decided is very, very nice, I re-experience fit/handling Nirvana. All the better, sez I, if one of those Rivs is a low (ish -- I'm 57) bar'd, skinny tired, stripped down gofast that, dammit, climbs like nothing else!
Every group focused on a more or less common goal, theory or value tends to become somewhat insular and exclusive and to "corral the wagons" against outside opinions. That is true of this list; OTOH, this list is, IMO, pretty mellow overall despite the occasional snark. Patrick "my next quasi Rivendellianish bike is to be a carbon fibre ss 29er with 500 gram crabon fiber fork" Moore -- if only I had the money! On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Scott Henry <ske...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nope, I don't personally know too many people on this list. I have only met > a few so personally so I have to judge the group based upon what people here > post. > > I'll say that without a doubt, there are many bicycling fans here but > ,OVERALL, the group is very focused only on one type of bike. Its just > weird to me that here and on the iBob list there are many people who only > consider bicycles that fit into the Riv stereotype. Now on the old serrota > list (now The Paceline Forum) and even on velocipede salon they tend to > appriciate all bikes. Those two groups most definately cater towards the > faster crowd but they also apreciate and enjoy the Riv type of slow, heavy, > comfort bicycles. > > As for what started my intial post, who here has had a carbon frame/fork > break, fail or bend? > OK, now who here has had a steel frame/fork break, bend or fail? > > As for me, I will keep riding all types of bicycles not just those of one > small type. > > Scott Henry > Dayton, OH > come see me > > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I like bikes. It just seems around here that you can either drink the >> koolaid or enjoy bikes, very few of you can seemingly do both. >> Scott >> >> >> Its like you know us...oh wait, you don't. So stop being so >> condescending. >> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Scott Henry <ske...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well, If thats how you are measuring things, i've had two steel froks >>> bend. One aluminum fork come unglued. >>> I've never had a carbon fork bend, break, snap or do anything other that >>> work 100% perfectly. >>> >>> I've had plenty of all three type going back to my first EMS fork in the >>> early 90s. >>> >>> Guess how stupid that is. >>> >>> I like bikes. It just seems around here that you can either drink the >>> koolaid or enjoy bikes, very few of you can seemingly do both. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I make no apologies for my "divisiveness" about CF forks. Any product >>>> supporting the front wheel of a bicycle which snaps instead of bending is >>>> stupid. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- "Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you." Flannery O'Connor ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
