Dear Marc, Three weekends ago, on my first 300K ride with the club in a couple of years, "Wow, you updated a vintage bike. Who did the repaint? Where/when was it built?"
"Well, the frame was built in Wisconsin for me in early April, and the parts are mostly from the pile of stuff I collect in my shed. I did have to machine a new compression cap for the steerer-mounted light switch." That seemed to steer the conversation on the club ride either to how fit I must be to keep up on a 'heavy' bike (sandbagging ensues, but I've got nothing to back it up besides bronchitis and a lingering shoulder separation), into deep bike geekery, or on to the probability of rain/headwinds (my preferred outcome). https://goo.gl/JYIho9 I've gotten one comment that bugged me (until it was hilarious): "Is that a rental?" "Yeah, nothing handles like one, either." I liked that one even more than, "Wow, your right arm must get a workout." (I was riding a bike with downtube shifters.) Best, Will William M. deRosset Fort Collins, CO On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 12:49:44 PM UTC-6, Marc Irwin 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.
