I just saw Macbeth, too. "Out, damned spot (of Vivian-handling)!"
On Sep 3, 4:24 am, jamison brosseau <jamison.bross...@gmail.com> wrote: > its funny those little differences. In fact My AHH was delivered to > me by Vivian, my at home ups driver, as was my atlantis, and my > bombadil i received at work, so keith my at work ups driver delivered > that bike. Keith is Vivians immediate boss, and all around he is a > better driver than vivian, i suppose that is why he is the shift > leader. > anyway, seeing as how keith is better than vivian it makes sense that > the bombadil is a better bike, i just enjoy it more knowing it was in > the caring hands of keith, while the ahh and atlantis both seem > tainted to me as they were temporarily cared for by Vivian. in two > seconds im going to get on my ahh and ride to work, i dread the > moment i have to swing my leg over a bike delivered by an inferior ups > driver, i mean i could have just had it delivered to work, and then > maybe i would have enjoyed it some. i guess im just a self loather. > what should i do, maybe i should stop concentrating on the minute > differences and just ride my bike they are all rivendells and are > supposed to have excellent handling attention to detail and a great > ride. or perhaps i should further differentiate my bikes from those > around me, convincing myself of their superiority or in the vivian's > bikes cases inferiority. perhaps i can come up with some syllogisms > (sp) > > bikes made in wisconsin are superior to bikes made in japan > my bikes are made in wisconsin > my bikes are superor > > sorry vivian, > jamison brosseau > On Sep 2, 10:06 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I will agree that the diagonal tube has always "puzzled" me and I didn't > > like the fact that it wasn't going all the way to the rear dropouts. On > > Monday, when I went to pick up the Betty I saw the unpainted prototype up > > close with wheels on. It has more clearance than the Bombadil so the Big > > Apples 2.3 didn't seem like they were too close to the seat stays. I can't > > say that I really like it, but I can't say that I really dislike it either. > > > With the Bombadil I had no trouble getting used to the double top tubes and > > found them really handy to lift the bike into/out of the train. I imagine > > the diagonal tube can help in the same manner. > > > I don't really like the gray color either, I somehow think that the > > Rivendells shine in the more pastel colors. I am blown away by the Waterford > > AHH blue and the Waterford Atlantis green. I was able to compare side by > > side on the train a Toyo Atlantis against mine, and while not as different > > as the AHH blue, the Waterford is still more "creamy" and has the same > > feeling of magic depth that the Waterford blue has for me. The gray > > definitely doesn't do it for me. :-) > > > I think that with my current stable I'm set for a very long time (Homer, > > Altantis & Betty) so I'll be watching the evolution of the Rivendell frames > > for the time being. > > > One thing is for sure... no one can stay indifferent to the Rivendell bikes! > > > 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 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.
