Hi Everyone! Here's a cheerful story. Please give a warm welcome to my dear friend Dan Woods!
Dan first moved to California and sold his car 3 years back - so he's been a full time bicycle commuter and loves to ride in general. He currently rides an aluminum frame "Motobecane" that's too big for him, a hand-me-down that was originally purchased on BikesDirect.com. He loves his bicycle dearly, despite problems with everything ranging from brakes, crankset, headset, handlebars, brakes and shifters, etc. We did a complete overhaul and replaced everything on his bike 6 months ago. A few days ago I saw the message re: Bleriot for Sale posted by Eric Norris. I contacted Eric on behalf of Dan and asked him if the bicycle was still available, worked out pricing and pitched the idea to Dan, who was all for it. Dan and I drove to Eric's house yesterday to check out the Bleriot. It was the first time Dan had ridden a quality bicycle. He pushed off, rode a while and returned with a smile on his face like he wasn't sure what just happened - was he supposed to feel this good on a bicycle? Was this too good to be true? Should he even be smiling or take this moment for reflection and be serious? It was awkward. And joyous to behold. While Dan was riding this bicycle it looked like the bike and him were made for each other - it was BANG ON PERFECT. Wow. We made a few quick adjustments to the saddle and handlebar height, took a tour of Eric's incredible bicycle collection (phew, maybe the nicest bicycles I've ever seen in one place!), settled on payment and drove back. I was going to drop Dan off to his apartment but he asked if we could go back to my house so he could ride home. I obliged, gladly. After a few fender adjustments, reinflating the rear tire and a quick seat post adjustment he was on his way. Dan's text messages to me over the last 12 hours are: "Amazing#!!!!!!!:%/6/=%/" "So fast. So smooth" "Serious style" I asked him if he was going to sleep with his bicycle and he told me "That's None of Your Business!" Dan rode his bicycle to work this morning, and instead of locking it outside his building like he normally does the Bleriot is in his cubical with him. He sent me a picture. He says this bicycle is a blessing and that he loves it. Anyway, I just wanted to take a few moments to introduce Dan to the Rivendell Owners Bunch, congratulate him on his new ride and wish him a lifetime of safe, happy and amazing adventures riding his new bicycle! Pictures to prove it happened: https://flic.kr/p/Dt3Kgo https://flic.kr/p/Dp9r9P -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
