On Jun 20, 4:35 am, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's Grant's quote from Riv Reader #42: > "seven is good. a beater, a bomber, a single-speed, a tour- ing bike, > a lightish road bike, a do-all racked and bagged bike, a mixte, a > loaner, and a work in progress. seven? Make it nine."
Well, I can't do beater because I'm OCD and beaters to me means rusty frames and mismatched parts. No, no, no. That won't do. I can't do single-speeds either because I live in the SF bay area and everywhere I go, there are mountains. In my younger (read: fitter) days, I may be persuaded, but I'll leave the single-speeds to the younglings. All except one of my bikes (and I have a baker's dozen) are loaners. But I'll have to know you well to loan you any of my bikes and of course with my OCD, you'll also need to more or less fit. The sole exception to loanership is my Ciocc, which holds tremendous sentimental value and is therefore never for sale and not to be loaned out either. I'll like to get a Mixte one day though. I once rode a way-too-big Chinese mixte work bike in my youth and have fond memories of wading through semi-flooded areas (with my younger sister on the rear rack) with such that beast. Oh such carefree adventures! Finally, I think Grant should consider adding a tenth - Folding bike. Like Esteban, I have a Brompton that is perhaps my go-to bike for anything less than 4 or 5 miles. That thing is so convenient. I've ridden it to fancy restaurants in San Francisco (folded and coat- checked it), and grocery/department stores (folded and stuck it underneath the trolley). It's been on public transport (buses and trains) and fits conveniently in my wife's car's trunk when she picks me up to go somewhere else. Essentially, it's a bike that's accepted almost everywhere and that doesn't need a lock. -- 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.
