You are like my brother Peter, ex-LA, who buys, builds, rides, and flips dozens of bikes every year: he has a vast, vast experience of marques and models, but despite the volume manages to maintain a very high margin, never spending spends more than a few hundred for a top-end complete bike and, usually, far less than this for quality merchandise. (Recently: three mtb wheelsets including one pair with $500+ White or DT or Hugi or somesuch hubs, all high end, for, what, $180?) I, on the other hand, buy few and relatively dear, ride, then sell cheap -- good thing my volume is 1/50 of his! He is, by my habits, surprisingly detached from his bikes; it is only one in, say, 50 that becomes a keeper.
Me, in contrast: I buy, ride, evaluate, say "meh", sell, but when I come to something I like, I stick to it forever and disdain to experiment further. My two customs are my "forevers", tho' the Ram is within a half-mile-to-one-mile thereof. On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > My buy/sell story is a simple matter of space and economics. I bought JL's > Ram recently, then picked up a Riv frame I've always wanted - a Bleriot - > and a RANS recumbent. Too many bikes, too much cash outlay, and I had a > nice set of Phil 650B wheels in need of a frame. So the wheels went on the > Bleriot, and a young fellow brought the Ram back to San Francisco from > whence it had recently come. > > I don't seem to get attached to any particular bicycle. I like riding > different stuff, then thinking, "Hm. That was neat." :-) > > On Saturday, June 22, 2013 12:54:05 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> All this commerce in Rambouillets! I'd be interested to learn particular >> reasons why people are selling and why they are buying -- ie, why you want >> to get rid of, or acquire, a Ram rather than something else. >> >> I am beginning to think that the Ram, like the Atlantis and the >> Quickbeam, is a definitive Rivendell, ie, it fills a particular niche >> (pavement, but capable of modestly wide tires and fenders and of some >> light, firm dirt) in a particularly Rivendellian way and therefore has a >> unique identity. Perhaps the Roadeo fits this niche, too but is it as >> versatile while being better on pavement? I wonder if the Sam is not more >> of a compromise -- not hugely more off road capable, not as good on >> pavement. I wonder if the Saluki is a 650b Ram? >> >> Just thinking out loud. >> >> Patrick Moore, enjoying his third-hand Ram in ABQ, NM >> >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:31 PM, rw1911 <rw1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> In light of all the Rambouillets coming up for sale recently, I'd like >>> to try and find one in 62cm. Any color, frameset or complete. >>> >>> In addition to an outright purchase, I'd also be open to trading my blue >>> 60cm for your 62cm. >>> >>> If you have (or know of) one, drop me a line and let's talk. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/rbw-owners-bunch<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >> patric...@**resumespecialties.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**patrickmooreresumespec/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/> >> >> Albuquerque, NM >> > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
