A good Sunday morning to all.
I had a Riv but I do not have one now. I bought one 5 years from their beginning in 1999, a custom road model in a beautiful blue with contrasting white head tube. I didn't know much at all about bike mechanics at the time and after gathering the parts paid a mechanic to build it up. Since then I've accumulated the tools and learned to completely disassemble a bike and build it back up to my preferences, a process I thoroughly enjoy. I enjoyed it a lot for a number of years before regretfully selling it. I still read most everything from Riv as well as this list and have learned much over those 20 years since 1999. After a phase of 'lighter and faster' attempts with a multitude of bikes I decided practical, comfortable and more stable bikes were my preference. Bikes like Riv offers and of course lugged steel is preferred. The aesthetic as well as the ride of lugged steel just does it for me. I've had a good many bikes come and go in my stable over these 20 years and some non lugged ones ride very nicely. However when stopping along the ride and looking at my bike, perhaps snapping a pic, the aesthetics come into play and I Iove the look of a nicely crafted lugged steel frame. I like this list and the overall vibe, civility, helpfulness, even kindness this list shows nearly all the time with very few exceptions. I hope a Riv is in my not too distant future, a new Atlantis frame when budget allows. We will see. In the meantime here is a pic of my attempt at a comfortable and stable Riv like machine, a 1986 Schwinn Passage which was a touring model not a lot different from a Schwinn Voyageur. Paul in Dallas If any make it to Dallas and schedules permit I'd be happy to take you on a bike tour of the downtown area. -- 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.
