Esteban and Hugh, Thank you for your nice compliments recently. Now let's talk about some real gemlike actions:
How about Esteban this past summer who hears about an impromptu overnighter, knows he doesn't have the camp-riding gear with him but makes the effort to join his friends and add to the event anyway. Stuff it all in a backpack and camp anyway? No problem! How about Hugh who couldn't join us on a recent Santa Monica Rivride due to injury, but made the long drive from home anyway just to see us off at the start and say hi and wish us luck. Awesome! I've made a lot of really nice friends through this list, and I'm grateful to know you all! -Jim W. On Oct 30, 2013, at 10:47 PM, Esteban wrote: > Jim's institutional memory of Bridgestone, Grant, and Rivendell is not the > best reason to enjoy time with him, as he's such an overall gem of a person, > but its an attribute, for sure. Here's to our next adventure! > > Esteban > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:25:21 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: > > http://www.velominati.com/technology/mustache-monster-mash/ > > > Ooh, the photo in this brings back mid-90's bike lust. > > In late '94, I had an MB-4 and an RB-2, but I started getting the > in-betweener bug. This is probably because after over 5 years of "mountain > biking" I realized that I was never going to warm up to scary downhills. I > was still chickening out on them and realizing that I just liked the trekking > nature of riding and that the dirt just expanded the possible treks. I > remembering seeing some samples of the Bridgestone in-betweeners (XO-1 and to > a lesser extent RB-T), and I remember thinking "oh bummer; Bridgestone has > left the market (in 1994)" at a time when my interest in that segment of > cycling was growing. > > At that time, I wasn't so aware of other companies that were doing bikes like > that (probably the biggest difference between 1995 and 2005.) It would be > another 4 years before I finally bought my first frame that was road style > but worked with canti brakes. I had fun following Rivendell, because Grant > Petersen's own ideas on the all-rounder and tourers evolved a lot between the > XO-1 to what he later began calling the "country bike", and through the > journals he put in the Reader, there was always something interesting and > lasting. There's even one from the early days where he writes that he was > thinking of frame pumps painted to match the frame, but didn't think he would > like the "double-top-tube look" that would result from mounting the pump > under the top tube. > > But anyway, the XO-1 photo brings back the shiny orange Christmassy feeling I > would sometimes get about these types of bikes. I finally traded for an XO-1 > in 2006, and that summer when I took it on the Berkeley death ride and then 2 > days later toured with it in Sonoma County riding it loaded for camping up > extremely steep Hauser Bridge Road and so on, it really proved to be an > excellent bike. > > -Jim W. > > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. James Warren [email protected] - 700x55 -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
