I hear ya. Since no bike frames are actually fabricated at Walnut Creek, you could think of your bike as a Panasonic, or a Toyo, or a Waterford, or a Maxway, or a Curt, or a Joe or a Mark, etc. They all share a designer and basic principles though, the same ones shared by the San Marcos. So "label" it in your mind as you like, but enjoy the ride regardless.
Speaking of actual labels, when I repainted a Road two years ago, it was important to me to find the correct decal set. Just because I really liked how they looked on the bike's down tube . I also got with Reynolds for new tubing decals. They did not have the same ones originally used (French) but they sent me scans of every old decal they still had available and I found something suitable. They were nice people to deal with btw. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's amazing to me how a "label", influences how I feel about a given > product. I personally prefer no labels on a bicycle if given a choice. > When I had my Bombadil repainted, I had it done without labels. I know the > origin of the frame, the frame knows the origin of the frame, and Rivendell > knows the origin of the frame. > > I remember being enamored with stickers as a child. Getting some STP > stickers from the Service Station (back when gas stations were owned and > run by the same one or two people and actually offered "real car service") > was a grand thing ! Getting the "big brand" named stickers and products > was THE thing, to be associated them. It's all psychological of course, > and it's alright. I call it today "permission slips" .... anything that > allows you to feel better about yourself within the realms of your belief > system, is a permission slip. > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
