Hello Mr. Aeroperf, It's been awhile but we've encountered each other on the SC and corresponded via the list. Last ride on the Comet was in late September. Glad to see you're still pedaling the Sam and receiving compliments on the bike. Our octagenarian friend Irv is a regular rider on the trail with his orange Joe App. He's easy to spot.
If you ride a Riv (or any other well turned out steel frame rider) you'll likely get admiring comments. My sage green Sam often gets likes. Ditto for Rivs I have previously owned. Remarks have ranged from "nice bike" to "I didn't know they still made bikes like that" or "how old is that?" Next time I'm out your way I will give you a heads up. Best, Rich in ATL On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 3:01:31 PM UTC-5 aeroperf wrote: > So one thing I’ve noticed - I mean REALLY noticed - about our Rivendell > bikes is that they get compliments. > > I ride the Silver Comet near Atlanta. > https://groups.google.com/g/bicycletouring/c/cFpcvUWqzkA > For 15 years I rode a Diamondback Approach, a decent hybrid bike (as they > called those back in the ’90s). I never heard a word from fellow riders. > Then in 2015 I got a Sam Hillborne. Bog standard, as the Brits say - Sage > Blue, cork grips. I added some fenders and started seriously hitting the > trail for exercise. > > Suddenly folks are pulling up next to me (or going past), and saying “Nice > bike!” Now I’m 74 and banging along at about 11 mph, so it’s not tough to > pull up next to me. But this happens 2 - 3 times a year. It surprises me. > > A couple of nice ladies went on about the friction shifters and “a hard > leather seat. He’s hard core!”, before riding off on their carbon > Cannondales. A nice gentleman commented at length on the cork grips. > Maybe he was a fly fisherman? > > It happened again yesterday when I stopped for water. Two guys also > stopped and were very complimentary about the Sam. One asked to ride it > (sure!) and came back grinning (“If I didn’t already have too many bikes…”) > It surprised my wife, too. I built her up a Platypus last winter, and on > her second ride she got a “Nice bike!” from someone. She came home with > smiles. > > Does this happen to you when you ride your Rivendell? Tell us about the > compliments you get. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20343c48-4c96-48ef-a4a9-fef202333295n%40googlegroups.com.
