On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And back to the topic at hand , I look at it as keeping the frames > circulating. Frames like being ridden , to run wild, like a horse ! > Yee-haw !!! Let 'em run, let 'em run ! >
I like this idea a lot, and have been practicing something along this line via a phrase that I borrowed from fellow list member Marty (G?) whom I met up with in-real-life to purchase a Handsome XOXO frameset - to whom I swore that the bike in question ought to be something akin to a semi-holy-grail bike to which he responded in kind with something to the effect that he "practices catch and release with even the best of bikes" I was already in possession of a Sam Hillborne at the time, that I swore was "the best bike I'll ever own" and went on to add an A Homer Hilsen and Romulus along his side. At the rate that I had been acquiring bikes, always out of want vs. need, I came to an agreement with myself that I had to trim the collection to a reasonable number and that I would not keep any bikes that I can't or won't ride regularly. I categorized all of the riding that I prefer to do and figured out how many bikes ought to be able to satisfy that range of riding, comfortably, and settled on 5 bikes to do the job. So I set out to "release" some of the "caught" bikes and identify the bikes that satisfied a riding category but could be improved upon, and I set out in the next phase to release those bikes. When I acquired my Rivendells, they were all holy grail bikes for me. I established an emotional bond with all of them. I was comforted in releasing them with the thought that their next owner may establish the same bond with them, and hopefully ride them as much or more than I did. It just so happens that one of my riding needs is well satisfied by a Rosco v2, and "I'll never get rid of it as it's not only great, it's one of only a dozen or so..." - time will tell the truth. -- 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.
