Just got mine today. Love it. Beautiful stuff. Also, since I waited for the surprise, I of course now wanted to see it on the riv site and on the DLG site, and came across the description on the DLG site of the poster, and loved it, wanted to share:
*In 1957 I was 12 years old. I had a paper route for the Sacramento Bee; I had a bicycle; I had money; I had freedom. That's pretty much what the bicycle meant in the pre-automobile era: freedom. Freedom from parental supervision, to be precise. Pre-automobile in the 1890s meant that there weren't any automobiles yet. Pre-automobile in the 1950s meant that you weren't old enough to drive. When you reached 16 and got your driver's license, you left your bike to your kid brother and cranked up the family Ford. Bicycles were children's toys, something you left behind when you attained a man's estate.* *In the 1960s, college students rode bicycles because they were fast, cheap, and campus parking was free. The bicycle again became a symbol of youthful exuberance, anti-establishment hipness and freedom, only this time of freedom from the tyranny and expense of the automobile.* *We have become as little children again, riding our bikes and having fun.* -- 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/-/zCsuMQE8uyQJ. 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.
