On Nov 14, 7:21 am, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > > Time for some individual philosophy: it's a bike not a holy relic. Way too > many people buy a nice custom bike, the bike > of their dreams, and then don't ride it. To me few things in cycling are > sadder than a 10 year old custom bike that still > has the original tires, no dirt on it and unblemished paint. Be a bike > rider, not a bike polisher. > > Beausage. Learn it. Live it. ;-)
I got through it easy. The first day I got my custom frame/fork back home (safe in its box), my kid's toy fell on the fork and chipped a bit of paint off the crown. Then, after two rides, I stupidly downshifted the front and upshifted the rear at the same time, resulting in...yup, chainsuck. After these episodes, I was free to just enjoy riding the thing and not worry too much about paint chips and such. I'm still not to the stage where Grant is at though, and think his bikes could use a bit of TLC. -- 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.
