Welcome Paul, Step right in and make yourself comfortable. The Schwinn is a most handsome bike.
Hope you can connect with some Rivsters down there in Dallas, here, and everywhere else. Best regards, Tom On Monday, January 27, 2014 9:57:43 AM UTC-8, truegolden wrote: > > Paul C in Dallas TX here, > > Good morning, > I read the list but rarely post. > > I read several other lists and am regularly struck with the civility & > camaraderie I see > of the rivbike list. And I would even add kindness & compassion to what I > see on list. Good job all.. > > I thought I would comment on that. > > Even though I do not currently have a Riv bike, I probably was a riv owner > before 95% of you. I was just learning about bikes and stumbled across > Rivendell > back in 1998. I learned a lot and contacted Grant and listened to his > recommendations > and ordered the custom road frame offering of the time > built by Joe Starck & painted by Joe Bell. > > I even had exceptionally great wheels with Phil hubs built for it by Joe > Young. > I referred to it as my 'triple Joe bike'. > I think it was stamped as a Jan of 1999 build. > I still have a picture of it somewhere I think I will try to find and post. > > I rode it for a few years and was then was influenced too much by the 'go > fast' idea > and regrettably sold it to finance supposedly lighter and faster & smaller > bikes > which I really did not make go all that fast after all. > > If I had the chance to buy that frame back I would if I could swing the > financing. > > Over the years I learned a lot about bikes and how to build them up myself > and have been through dozens and dozens of bikes in the process of > learning what I like > & what works for my style of riding. > > I found I still preferred a build and size quite similar to that 1999 > Rivendell. > > I do have several bikes built up in the 'Rivendell' fashion. (ie; vintage > Ron Cooper sports touring model > & Miyata 1000) > Over the years I have slowed down quite a bit and have learned to enjoy > the 'stop & smell the roses' and 'take pics' type of rides. > > Two weeks ago I built up a higher end vintage Schwinn mt bike for the 2nd > time utilizing Albatross bars and very fat tires. > I had read such positive comments of the Albatross bars on this list I > decided to give them a try on this build. I will post a pic. I did a > longish (for me) ride on it yesterday of 53 miles & it did great. > > I was concerned about the number of hand positions compared to my bikes > with road bars but I was surprised it worked out very well for me. > > Well, enough said for this post. > > Regards, > Paul in Dallas > > > > > -- 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.
