Thanks for the ride report, my wife's has a Betty and loves it. I occasionally hop on and ride it when she lets me, and I really enjoy the ride. Your return ride under the stars sounds delightful.
Mark On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 5:05:21 PM UTC-7, Lynne wrote: > > > I took an unexpectedly long ride on Betty Foy the other evening and > thought I'd report on how it went. I just purchased Betty a few weeks ago > from CL - she had hardly been ridden. I believe my Betty has a Bosco > handlebar. > > I now have 2 Rivs - a Betty and a Sam. I recently changed the handlebar on > the Sam from a Noodle to a Chocobar and was looking forward to taking it > out for a longer ride. My husband and I had an opportunity to ride to a > nearby town for dinner and I was excited for this to be my first longer > ride (32 miles RT) on Sam. Got dressed, packed the Banana Sack and was > about to hop on Sam when I noticed a flat tire. Boo! We had to get going > and I didn't feel like changing the tube so I grabbed the Betty and decided > to give her a whirl instead. I wasn't sure how that would feel for a longer > ride but this was a precious opportunity so I took the plunge. We figured > if I was very uncomfortable, we could turn around and enjoy dinner in Davis > instead. > > Turns out, riding Betty was a delight. We had a great ride to Winters, had > a wonderful dinner on the patio while keeping an eye on the bikes, then > rode home in the dark. (We had good lights and the roads are rural and > largely free of traffic.) We rode under the stars, even got to see the > Milky Way on the way home. Betty exceeded my expectations, having only > ridden upright bikes such as this Betty on shorter, in-town rides. I was > also surprised at the good speed I maintained on the ride, despite being in > an upright position. Most of my previous experience on long rides has been > on a carbon fiber road bike, but I'm a convert to steel bikes - especially > Rivs. > > Cheers, > Lynne > Davis, CA > > -- 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.
