Ha! JimS On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:44 AM, grant wrote: > The feet are the best part! Block out the feet and the image loses its > balance. Older bike posters had naked women holding handlebars and flying > through the cosmos---I can only imagine the Realist Uproar over that. But > Rene, you can't be sure that the bike wasn't suspended above the ground, > staged for the photo-shoot. In this photo, Keven was behind Milo, hands on > his waist. No children were harmed nor pout at risk during the photo session. > If you show up on a Tuesday (Milo's day here at Riv, every week) and his feel > are in a cast or bandaged....pure coincidence, I swear! > G > > On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:38:31 PM UTC-7, René wrote: > I got my poster today, as I was out traveling last week. Everyone who has > posted so far has had nothing bad to say about it, so it feels that many in > the bunch feel that nothing that comes out of RBW has any flaws at all. > > While I like the poster, and do not regret buying it sight unseen, I can't > say that it is what I expected it would be. I didn't look at the artist's > website so I had no preconceived notions except for what my own sense of > excitement at the mention of Rivendell. > > Since those who have not bought it yet can actually see what it's about on > the Blug section, I'm going to be a bit more specific in my comments: > > I like it, but am not overwhelmed by it. What does bother me, though, is > seeing the boys foot/shoe showing under the tire. Aesthetically (or whatever > term is appropriate) it bugs me because my mind questions how can that be > possible. Is he lifting the bike? Doesn't seem so, did then someone rolled > the bike over his foot? Doesn't seem so either as the bike doesn't seem to be > tilted up. Anyway... > > Other than that detail, I believe that like almost all of the RBW frame > colors (with the except of the Hunqapillar gray) the more I look at it, the > more it will grow on me. That is, unless the issue with the foot under the > wheel also makes me more and more uncomfortable... > > Can anyone come up with my explanation that allows me to go "Aha!!!" and > makes the whole foot thing make sense? > > At least if I end up not liking it at all, I paid the lowest price by buying > it unseen. I do like RBW's price escalation scheme as it supports us wild > risk takers... :-D > > Hope no one gets mad at me for this post... > > René > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/on9dxxhoexAJ. > 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.
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