Oh, and I also had a super mirage, got from a bike shop, someone had traded it in. It was a sweet ride and I rode it all around brooklyn. It did get stolen about 2 years later, locked up on a friends front porch. I was pissed but just went to the bike shop and got another $150 bike instead of being out almost 3k like if my Rivendell got lifted.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Peter Morgano <[email protected]>wrote: > I guess i have the exact opposite view. Life is actually pretty long and > the life of a bike can be very long if taken care of. I would rather have > my favorite bike 30 years from now than have beaten it to hell in 10. I > take my nice bikes when I can but it still nice to have a beater when I > know I have to ride out to the seedier areas of our fine city. > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Matthew J <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My issue with the beater bike solution is that life is short. Much as I >> like to pleasure ride out in the great beyond, truth is most of my riding >> is going to work or running errands in the city. >> >> Sure, a beater bike means less to worry about when parked. But it also >> means most of my riding will be on something that is anything but fun to >> ride. In 8 years of bike only living the only bad luck I had was when a >> truck backed over my then favorite bike. Sure I was down for a while, but >> now I have a great new custom that I really enjoy riding. >> >> Good bikes and quality parts are replaceable. Time wasted riding a >> junker is not. Haha. >> >> -- >> 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/-/32y-wivN1PwJ. >> 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. >> >> > -- 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.
