I have a 56 cm Rivendell Glorius that I bought from Rivendell in 2008. I have had MANY bikes and I currently have 4: a custom Bike Friday Pocket Crusoe with drop bars, a Specialized Dolce WSD road bike, a Breezer Greenway, and the Glorius. It IS Glorius, and I ride it ALL THE TIME. My husband has a 58 cm Yves Gomez. I test rode a 52 cm Betty Foy at RBW about a year ago when we visited the bay area and thought that was a terrifc bike, too.
On May 30, 3:43 pm, Rene Sterental <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed! > > The story of the day and a very beautiful bike. I was at RBW on Friday > and test rode the Yves 58 and the 60. Also saw the Betty up close, > although it was the 52. > > My story is I want to get a Mixte for my daughter to come and ride > with me, but I also want to be able to ride it with its upright > position, Albatross bars, etc. > > With Albatross bars the 60 fit me best, but it would be too long if I > ever wanted a different handlebar. The 60 would likely be too big for > my daughter. She's 5'7" woth a PBH of 83.5. > > The 58 will fit us both, and that's the one I'm going with. Between > the Betty and the Foy, I'll probably go with a Betty to avoid the > added delay of the Yves/custom paint. She'll be going back to school > by then. > > The Betty in person looked much better than on the photos. > > It will be interesting to see if one of the earlier ones popped up for > sale in the meantime. > > Looking forward to a summer filled with S24Os with my children (well, > maybe two or three...) > > Perhaps my youngest daughter will want to come as well... Perhaps even my > wife! > > All of those will be more driving/ biking/camping trips than hard-core > S24Os, but hey, anything is better than nothing!!! :-) > > Need to change the family lifestyle! > > René (the OT) ;-) > > On 5/30/10, Rene Valbuena <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > David, > > > Your Glorious Mixte story made my day. > > > "The story doesn’t really have a moral except that the Glorius is a > > great bike and I married wisely." -- what a line! > > > Thanks, > > > (Another) René > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Sprunger > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:50 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [RBW] Rivendell Mixtes > > > René, > > > You asked for the mixte story, so here’s one although maybe not the > > one you had in mind. When my wife and I were engaged in the mid-80s, > > she volunteered that instead of an engagement ring, she would prefer a > > new bicycle. Being frugal self-sufficient graduate/medical students, > > we ended up with a lower-end neon Specialized mountain bike that she > > rode for some years before putting it aside for a used XO-2. > > > After two decades of marriage, our circumstances had changed, so for > > our 20th anniversary, I bought an unbuilt Glorius frame on ebay and > > built up the kind of bike I wish we could have afforded in 1987 > > (although such a bike was probably not available then). The > > Specialized is still in the basement for nostalgia’s sake. > > > Some pictures are here: > >http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/bikes/glorius/ > > > The story doesn’t really have a moral except that the Glorius is a > > great bike and I married wisely. > > > David Sprunger > > Fargo, ND > > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Rene Sterental <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I know about the Yves Gomez and the Betty Foy, but I just discovered on > >> Flickr the Willbur and the Glorius. What's their story? > > >> René > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
