William, Excellent post! And perfectly captures what many were trying to say. Even myself, although went about it all wrong. It is the rider. And as a rider of Rivendell, I fail miserably. Probably because at my heart, am too much of a "reverse snob". Wherein beautiful and practical is nice. But funky, strange and not "normal" is much more interesting. (Besides being too heavy and slow to actually get the best performance out of a Rivendell.)
Sorta like guitars. An older Martin guitar is a stunning thing of beauty. Both for the eye and ear. Yet personal interest in guitar has lead down a road to oddball names and makers left behind in the wastebins of history. Because the sound and visual aspects are much more in tune with what I am trying to capture. Mice. Appears am wandering off topic again. Apologize for that. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jan 11, 9:04 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's a really fine line here. Which aspects are worth dwelling > upon and obsessing over and which aspects are to be discarded, freeing > your mind and your soul to just be happy and enjoy yourself? I'm > pretty certain Grant can't tell you. There are details of his frame > designs that he never talks about, never posts about, and that you and > I would never notice, but he obsesses over. There are other design > details that customers dwell and obsess over, to which Grant correctly > says 'not a big deal, just enjoy yourself' to the handwringers. Some > of us use to be weight weenies in a past life and now we're bag- > matchers. Some of us brag about how we stop and smell the roses, but > are infuriated that we can't find the right shade of celery green > cloth tape, or can't post on the forum without pointing out that we > are rocking 584mm rims. > -- 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.
