I learned a good lesson on my Reynolds 531 db frame, made by Falcon, branded Merkyx, a long time ago, parking it on a good steel pole. I dropped it while locking it to the pole, right in the middle, in the thin part of the db top tube, and put a nice little ding in it. I rode it until the left fork blade cracked at the fork crown, crossing a railroad track thousands of miles/km later. I might still be riding it, sometimes, if local framebuilders existed where I was at the time. (Now, they do!) But the paint, a nice Molteni International Orange, easily touched up with a rattle can, was dinged, too. I learned how to park it, and that top tubes don't carry that much stress, and that steel is a very good material for a bike. And, so far, my Rivendell has no top tube dings. Ride On!
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:32 PM, cyclotourist <[email protected]>wrote: > I bought a new to me Rivendell custom, and clumsily smacked the top tube > with a floor pump as I lifted it over the bike. > > D'oh! > > It helps me keep things in perspective... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/2361652997/ > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM, benzzoy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > > ** > > -- > 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. > -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA -- 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.
