RE: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes

2010-05-30 Thread Rene Valbuena
-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sprunger Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:50 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes René, You asked for the mixte story, so here’s one although maybe not the one you had in mind. When my wife and I were engaged in the mi

Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes

2010-05-30 Thread cyclotourist
'87 was a good year! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:49 AM, David Sprunger wrote: > René, > > You asked for the mixte story, so here’s one although maybe not the > one you had in mind. When my wife and I were engaged in the mid-80s, > she volunteered tha

Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes

2010-05-30 Thread David Sprunger
René, You asked for the mixte story, so here’s one although maybe not the one you had in mind. When my wife and I were engaged in the mid-80s, she volunteered that instead of an engagement ring, she would prefer a new bicycle. Being frugal self-sufficient graduate/medical students, we ended up wi

Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes

2010-05-28 Thread cyclotourist
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:57 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > > http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc294-davidestes0407.html > > They're wonderful bikes if you ever come across one! I ride my wife's occasionally and it's a great bike. If I fi

Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes

2010-05-27 Thread CycloFiend
on 5/27/10 9:34 PM, Rene Sterental at orthie...@gmail.com wrote: I know about the Yves Gomez and the Betty Foy, but I just discovered on Flickr the Willbur and the Glorius. What's their story?   Glorius was the original Rivendell mixte. Wilbury was to Glorius what Yves Gomes is to Betty Foy. I