My SO has three fat-chances, all of them well-ridden too. They are cool bikes.
On Apr 5, 1:43 pm, Buck <ahurv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Exactly. It's them nuances and the effect they have on our lives. And > actually the same friend who has the boat (which I don't understand > either) says it best... "there's an ass for every seat". > > I was thinking just the other day how when I was growing up I had an > old Raleigh 3-speed with a Brooks seat. When I graduated to a "real" > road bike with a grooved and padded techno-seat I marveled at how I > ever rode on a ridiculous slab of leather stretched across a metal > frame. Over the years I must have gone through a half a dozen techno- > seats (and they weren't bad). And then when I bought my Atlantis I > spent $100 on a Brooks. And I l-o-v-e it. Most comfortable seat ever. > Weird. > > I only ever had one other bike that did the same thing for me. Back in > the 1980's I did some consulting for Fat City Cycles. They made Fat > Chance Mountain bikes. I worked for free with the understanding that > at some point, whenever he felt that I'd finally earned it (or never > if I didn't), the owner would give me a bike. I worked for him for > several years and then one day I went to the shop and he looked at me > and said, "today's the day". It was cool. And I loved and cherished > that bike for almost 20 years. Just like my Atlantis. > > On Apr 5, 11:24 am, Jon Grant <jgr...@papagrant.com> wrote: > > > The money we spend and how we choose to spend it. Sheesh. > > > I have a Joe S./Curt/Joe B. Rivendell custom that was damaged in a > > collision. While it was away for repair, I put almost all the parts on a > > (Panasonic-built?) Schwinn World Voyageur frame so I could continue riding > > to work. It was pretty enough, and rode just fine. One day, without thinking > > of all the possible ramifications of my words, I remarked to my wife, ³You > > know, that old Schwinn is about 70% as good a ride as the Rivendell.² Oops. > > She pulled up short and said, ³Wait. The bike you paid fifty bucks for is > > two thirds as good as the bike that cost us more than three grand?² After > > she started talking to me again, we had some long and interesting > > discussions about nuances of design and craftsmanship and their effect on > > function and quality of our lives, both individually and as a society. I > > still have the Riv and still catch myself staring at it, marveling at the > > details of joinery and paint, and marveling at the ride when astride it. The > > Schwinn has gone to a deserving home, with no regrets. > > > I will say this: I CANNOT understand how some folks spend so much money on > > boats and fishing gear. Now that¹s just ridiculous. > > > -- > > Jon ³Kidding! I kid!² Grant, house-bound in > > Austin, Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
