OK, I think what makes a Riv a Riv is that they are bikes for adults who ride like adults. My Sam Hillborne is for some someone who doesn't race, doesn't pretend to be a racer and isn't concerned about impressing the Cat-1 wannabes. They are bikes for people who actually ride a bike because they like riding not who ride bkes to be seen riding or to go faster than everybody else. That said, I bet a lot of the people who ride Rivs can regularaly out run riders on carbon fibre bikes. I know I do!
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Kelly Sleeper <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well this is the "Riv Owners Group" what better place to be snarky? > I say Snark on.. we aren't that thin skinned. > > Kelly > > Fai Mao wrote: > > I struggled to post on this thread. But I can't say what I want to say > > without it sounding snarky towards people that ride other types of bikes > and > > I don't mean to denigrate them. So I'll just say: I wish Douglas Brooks > > would post here. I miss him from the old I-Bob list > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:42 AM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > > > on 1/9/11 8:37 AM, JimD at rasterd...@comcast.net wrote: > > > > I like looking at the 'staff bikes' on the Riv site. > > > > Grant's bikes have a fair number of 'things' on em. > > > > Mark Abele's bikes tend to be spare. > > > > There's no one way. > > > > We do and ride what we like and what works. > > > > > > From "Tips for Happy Riding" - the version which I'd scanned from a > 2006 > > > catalog: > > > > > > "If you buy a stock bike, do something to it that makes it the only one > > > exactly like it in the world." > > > > > > http://cyclofiend.com/rbw/happyriding.html > > > > > > -- > > > Jim Edgar > > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > > > Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > "I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I > > > follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me." > > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" > > > > > > -- > > > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Fai Mao > > The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Fai Mao The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments -- 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.
