I will say that I appreciated Grant's mention of earbuds as a possible culprit, as well as highlighting the important fact that you hear trouble before you see it. As someone who's ridden over 10k city miles in the past 2 years and most of them with earbuds until recently, I was not long ago converted to never listening to music while riding. The slew of mechanical problems that you can snuff out early before too much danger as well as the "spidey sense",or priopreception with other road users, is a super huge deal, I've come to realize.
As someone who's been repeatedly guilty of reckless or potentially self-endangering riding while "in the zone"/in oblivion, the narrative described sounds very much like it involved that distraction. It's of course impossible for anyone but the rider in question to know what all happened, but I think it highlights that good riding requires restraint and full attention. And then I stop and ask myself... why are we talking about one bad apple amidst the droves of us whose lives have really been substantially changed for the better because of the skill, care and attention that define Rivendell? I have always been taken aback by the degree to which everyone there that I've dealt with has gone out of their way to make sure I'm happy. Grants response reminds of the Confucius quote that goes: "It is more shameful to distrust a friend than to be deceived by one". On Jan 18, 12:52 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > "From the evidence that Grant provided, you can't validly make that > conclusion." > > Allow me to make a humble retraction. I can only validly lay 100% of the > fault at the feet of the rider, not one scintilla more. 200% was unfair of > me. Mea culpa. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:25:47 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > > From the evidence that Grant provided, you can't validly make that > > conclusion. > > > Me, I worked in sales, too -- insurance -- and dealt with idiot and > > knavish clients, so nothing would surprise me; and indeed, "JRA" would be > > very odd here. But the evidence as given does not allow of more than a > > suspicion, even if a good and well informed one. > > > Logic: "what *do* they teach them in these schools?" > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:55 PM, William <tape...@gmail.com > > <javascript:>>wrote: > > >> Some aspects of retail are really horrible, and I really do not miss from > >> my past life. That broken Hunqa, 200% the rider's fault, and Riv is eating > >> a frameset over it, and the customer is still disappointed. That steams me > >> more than a little. > > >> On Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:54:42 PM UTC-8, Jim M. wrote: > > >>>http://rivbike.tumblr.com/ > > >>> Extensive post with new video about RBW staff. Great stuff by Jay, as > >>> usual; it's nice to see his video work again. > > >>> jim m > >>> wc ca > > >> -- > >> 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/-/-WUWaqvpMlsJ. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > >> . > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > > ------------------------- > > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > >http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
