I must've been drinking the same sort of Kool-Aid as Grant , before I even discovered Rivendell. I discovered Rivendell oddly through a google search of "bike camping"; then Riv'd out my tig'd steel steed which was stolen... and eventually met Homer.
The biggest influence for me to start biking was uncle Larry who's most certainly a retrogrouch, who until recently exclusively rode lugged steel. Just a few months ago he cut the steer tube to size on a Look lugged carbon bike that sat in his living room for a few years. Over the years he would check out the readers, occassionally call up Rivendell for something. He's not an owner, but I may invite him to join these discussions because he'd definitely cause some arguments and stir things up a little..... Most of us drink our own "Kool-Aid", and maybe associate with folks into a similar poison... while there is a sort of 'Just Ride' philosophy underpinning our group here, a lot of folks are just riding and not thinking twice about what type of socks or pedals, etc (but maybe someone needs to tell them about wool). -- 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.
