I had a similar experience buying and building my Hillborne. My advice? Revel in the look! It is a sign of solid, comfortable cycling unknown to those who plagiarized the racing look without even knowing it.
David On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Marcus80 <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeez, I really sweat the details on this bike, my first new bike since a > 1997 Indy Fab Deluxe. I poured over every write up, pic and mention I could > find both before, during and after the order. It was all handled by Keven, > who was great to talk to. It took 8 or 9 weeks, start to finish, so I had a > lot of time to second guess every single thing. I went with noodles, and I > really like them, but I still want albatross bars, too. So anyway, I get > this thing, pull it out of the box, put it together and add the rest of the > small stuff I had envisioned for it, and VOILA!, it looks just like > everyone else's Rivendell. I fear that I have super saturated my brain with > Rivendell oriented images, and where once I could easily pick out the > subtleties of other builds, the entirety of it all, sitting here staring > back at me, I almost feel like I plagarized the whole "look". I feel like > an imposter. Don't get me wrong, I think that it's gorgeous.......I don't > know......maybe its just to damned clean.....and there is a solution to > that. Ive been riding the same bike for so long, I almost feel like I'm > cheating on it. If you see me out there, (Boston area) and think that I > stole your look, I probably did....sorry > > -- > 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/-/zdZR0vf_yMsJ. > 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 David Verrinder 406-646-6813 [email protected] -- 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.
