Congradulatons Liesl, This bicycle just plain avers competence as a bicycle. It is unique, handsome, and artful. And every detail reveals thought and intent on the part of you, the owner, and its builders. It is at once beautiful and at the same time as purposeful as a honey badger.
I look forward to the effect of the cedar fenders. May you have and hold this velocipede and ride ride ride though a long and hearty, healthy life. Thank you so much for your sharing the saga of the Chica Warrior development and your ultimate reception. I hope to hear much about you and your adventures on it. ~Tom On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:36:53 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: > > Hi friends, > > If you haven't seen it already, here they are: > > > http://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/80720787036/heres-the-story-of-our-latest-custom-bike-for > > The bike is a treasure. So sure and confident and comfy and beautiful. > It will go anywhere and everywhere. For a very long time. > > I went out on the Saturday Gentlewoman's ride with the local Rivsters. I > can't really give a full report, though, because I was too sick with an > upper respiratory thang to venture out in the hills with the rest of the > gang (thank you Cora for sitting in the shade with me). Any time you > borrow a saddlebag to tote Dayquill and a box of Kleenex is just not a good > sign. Anyway, the little riding we did on Saturday lets me know that it is > a joy to ride and fits like a broken-in pair of wonderful handmade shoes. > I managed to get in the shortest of descents on a grassy Riv-style hill and > I was in awe of its stability. Like a mountain goat. > > The paint has to be seen to be believed. JB added pearl to the paint that > you can't see until it's in brilliant sun. And then it flickers and > dazzles with the most subtle blues and yellows and whites...like you just > found a treasure on the beach. > > Some details: The Select Flyer wasn't just a test saddle; it's the > saddle. Paul seatpost, thumbies, and brakes; SON hub, White Industries MI5 > rear hub, brown big bens, phil BB, shimano xt derailer. Will add cedar > fenders and a nitto mini front rack. > > And how wonderful to say to my fellow low PBH friends like Manny: "Take > it for a ride!" (Rich Lee, you're next in line!) > > Once it's set up here in Minneapolis, there'll be more photos and ride > reports. > > Thank you everyone for your knowledge, skill, artistry, support and > input. And especially Grant, Mark, Mark, Rich, JB, and Keven. > > grinning from ear-to-ear, Riv Chica Warrior > -- 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/d/optout.
