I kept my 2003 Curt road custom hanging on the wall for several years while I commuted on beaters; nice beaters but not Rivendells. Commuting was the bulk of my riding. The absurdity of this led me to have Dave Porter modify the Curt for a fixed drivetrain and use as a daily commuter. The enjoyment meter immediately read a consistent 125% higher for the rest of the life of the Curt. (Curt still has a life but with some other owner.)
As far as commuting on your favorite bike and then buying another favorite bike, I agree with that too. Have at least 3 favorite bikes, as I described earlier: gofast, gofast built for loads and errands, and dirt surface bike, all favorites of their kind. Augment as you please. But if I had to choose just-one, it would be the 1999 Joe Starck gofast custom (with 3 wheelsets and removable Sackville Medium). On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 11:12 AM DavidP <[email protected]> wrote: > In the March blahg, Grant revisits the idea of preservation vs use and > writes: > > "For daily tasks like shopping, commuting, errands, and all-purpose > exercise, ride your favorite bicycle. A the risk of sounding self-serving, > I'd say--get more than one special bike. You probably do that, or want to > do that anyway." > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtkoeGBNBoFN5vf4_H4hFLvNtKe4LQrw4LHRacT%2BOTD6A%40mail.gmail.com.
