Me too. I thought about a bike around 2000 or 2001, after returning from a scout hike with my son that nearly killed me. I knew I needed a fun way to work on fitness and my 1st bike was a self bribe to get off the couch. It was a steel framed Trek Navigator (rail trail bike). The cycling bug bit hard and I went through a series of bikes that ads said would be great for me. None were, and they ended up sold to finance the next go. A few years later, I found Rivendell bikes on the Harris site, while looking for a saddle. The riding philosophy matched up well with my personal experience, despite running against all the magazine articles. I was really hooked on the Rambouillet when I read that it was affordable for someone with a job and bicycling priorities. Finally, in late 2006, I ordered mine, selling my pseudo racer to help fund it. I bought a 2d bike, used, and a 3rd frameset only, also used. Now I have 3 examples of Rivendells and consider myself a bike wealthy man!
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > "I doubt there are more than a handful of Rivendell owners who haven't > cycled for years and owned numerous bikes before taking the plunge." > > I certainly fit into this category. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
