👍 😊 On Sep 7, 2013, at 11:11 AM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote:
> I just tell people the 20th century was very good to me so I'll just stay > there, thank you. One may have to attain a "certain age" for that to be > believable. > > dougP > > On Saturday, September 7, 2013 10:13:17 AM UTC-7, JimD wrote: > Not so much in San Jose, Ca, area. > Generally folks who know Rivendell, even those on (gasp) carbon fiber bikes > know about and appreciate my custom Riv. > > In those rare cases that I'm asked if I'm a retro-grouch or why I'm riding > such ancient technology my reply is that 'it's a great riding bike.' > > In my view there's all kinds of kook-aid. I'm fond of the lugged steel type, > others are attracted to the carbon road brand, some like the > full suspension mountain brand. It's all kook-aid and it's all riding. > There's all kinds of cliques to join. > > -JimD > > On Sep 5, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Corwin Booth <corwin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was trying to think of some clever reference to the Electric Kool Aid Acid >> Test, but failed. >> >> Probably the *only* think I don't like about riding my Hilsen are the >> occasional snarky comments about having imbibed in the Petersen Kool Aid. >> Never mind that everyone knows that we drink miruvor, or that I just happen >> to agree with riding with normal shoes, fenders, the "largest saddlebag I've >> ever seen!" (that was another comment, not uttered in an entirely friendly >> way), after years of experience... >> >> So I really want to respond by saying something about how this person or >> that drank the clipless Kool Aid, or the skinny tire Kool Aid, or the >> plastic saddle Kool Aid, and certainly the Karbon Kool Aid. But I never do. >> >> I'll bet other folks on this list have experienced this phenomenon... >> >> -- >> 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. >> 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
