I am so happy for *you.* He will now share your affliction and it will be wonderful. May as well order the wald basket right now if you really want him to be able to carry the basketball. I would like to warn you not to let your husband ever meet or engage with Bill Lindsay as he then might get totally out of control. (My husband had absolutely no need for a new bike while I unflinchingly moved forward with my Cheviot I knew I had to have. So I had him ride my daughter-in-laws Romulus and he immediately understood why he too needed a bike change)
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 4:37:34 PM UTC-8, LeahFoy wrote: > It wasn't the extra wobble in his ride, or the inexplicably crooked > handlebars, neither the SNAP that came from merely shifting gears, nor the > new creaking noises with every pedal stroke. Rather, it was his friend > getting a new Specialized mountain bike that whet my husband's appetite for > an upgraded bike. We all rode to church together on Sunday and his buddy > said, "Here, try mine! I'll ride yours." Said friend looked like a circus > bear wobbling around, gears popping on that half-decade-oldTarget bike. No > longer able to deny its state of disrepair, my husband gave in, and after > church the three of us started talking bikes. > > Immediately I thought of the Clem. Immediately he thought of Specialized. > The friend looked on with interest. > > I measured his PBH, which he couldn't decide was a violation of some kind > or great fun. I waxed about all things steel. I droned on about long chain > stays. I decried fat frame tubes and lack of braze-ons. I flattered. I came > very close to nagging. How can you spend $600 on a bike when $900 more > would get you a magical, Elven-made steel treasure from Rivendell? I put > him on my bike and made him circle the block. "Boy, you're right; that does > ride nice. Can we get a bike that looks like the Specialized and rides like > the Rivendell?" *Eyeroll.* > > There was but one green 52 Clem at Rivendell. "But I don't like green. I > just don't like green. It's a deal breaker. Did you see the color of the > Specialized? I like that color." Flat gray and lime green, you guys. > *Another eyeroll.* I had to tell Will we'd pass, which made me sad, but I > decided to give John a call at Rivelo. He had 2 blue Clems in my husband's > size left! > > Well, my husband's name is on a "French blue" 52 Clem out of Oregon's > Rivelo! I never thought this day would come. It almost didn't come - only > hours ago, he called and said, "I think me having this bike would just put > you over the moon. So I don't care if it's not exactly my style, you call > and get it." Listen, people, I don't need to be told twice. Within minutes > John and I were friends and exchanging info. I added a Pletscher rack, > which will delight my husband when he sees it will hold a basketball. It's > his new bike, but I feel like I received the gift somehow. He's a CEO who > wears suits, drives a luxury car, is a lover of all things new and modern, > and never has a spare moment; I'm a stay at home mom who wears skinny jeans > and boots, yearns for simpler times, and prefers to "bike there." He bikes > to be with the boys and me. And I'm wearing him down, you see. Just the > other day he submitted to a flannel shirt! > > And today he has a Rivendell. > > Life is good. > > Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas, > Leah > > -- 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.
