On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:18:06 PM UTC-7, Mike wrote: > > The non-Rivish post are like pornography, I know it when I see it. Or > something like that.
;^) Thanks mike! Yeah, that's kinda the test. There are posts which never hit the list that land squarely in that genre. Usually by a newer member asking about something how something they've seen on one of the various uber-discount sites compares to something on another site. And those newer members are also very excited by RBW offerings, but don't yet have a feel for the topics we discuss. Most of those people have become contributors to more on-topic threads. Last year, when Grant was set up at the Warming Hut down near the Golden Gate Bridge, chatting with folks about "Just Ride", an older guy who hadn't ridden in a while wandered over. I think a friend had encouraged him to seek out the event. He was excited by the book and the idea of just getting out there again. His budget was around a grand for a new bike, and after chatting a bit about what he had ridden, Grant recommended a Surly, talked about getting bars up in a useful position and making sure he had large enough tires so that he didn't get beaten up. There was no hard sell about Rivendell, and it took a bit of prompting by this person to get GP to talk about the bikes he designed. He did talk about lugs, steel, what is behind his designs and a bit about the Riv philosophy. It was classy. Certainly, most of us have a Run-What-You-Brung attitude, and that's a good thing. - J / cyclofiend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
