I often wheel my Rivs through the store or inside the PO, and not infrequently get comments and congratulations. Relatively few ask me how old it is, or indicate they think it's an old bike. In fact, I get the same reactions as I do toward the Fargo. I'm sometimes surprised when a person says to me something like, "A Rivendell! I love their bikes!" or "I'd love to have one of their bikes!"
And bike shop people are the most enthusiastic of all, young as well as old. Perhaps ABQ is simply more sophisticated when it comes to bikes? On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Marc Irwin <irwin7...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is a reoccurring question I hear when out among bike enthusiasts. > Nobody cares about the production date or from which batch it may have > come. > People are always asking me how old it is. They never ask that about the > Hunqapillar, just the Hillborne. Some are surprised when I tell them it's > only 3 years old or so, but many just don't believe me. Some have even > corrected me with, "No, that's an English brand. A friend of mine had one > in the '70's." They will argue, pretending to know some deep secret about > the lug work that "*They* just don't make 'em like that anymore." When I > try to explain who *They* are, I'm ignored and, being the true > enthusiasts, they continue to compliment my "find" and they way I've built > it up with modern components. It's happened a few times now. Is it just > me, or has this happened to anybody else? > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n8XUms5K3vk/VWNus32_eGI/AAAAAAAAH7Q/nb5uViw4z0g/s1600/IMG_2266%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy.JPG> > Marc > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
