Paul: Welcome! That’s a beautiful bike.
Tom From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of truegolden Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RBW] Bike Lessons Learned , Greetings & Albatross Bars Paul C in Dallas TX here, Good morning, I read the list but rarely post. I read several other lists and am regularly struck with the civility & camaraderie I see of the rivbike list. And I would even add kindness & compassion to what I see on list. Good job all.. I thought I would comment on that. Even though I do not currently have a Riv bike, I probably was a riv owner before 95% of you. I was just learning about bikes and stumbled across Rivendell back in 1998. I learned a lot and contacted Grant and listened to his recommendations and ordered the custom road frame offering of the time built by Joe Starck & painted by Joe Bell. I even had exceptionally great wheels with Phil hubs built for it by Joe Young. I referred to it as my 'triple Joe bike'. I think it was stamped as a Jan of 1999 build. I still have a picture of it somewhere I think I will try to find and post. I rode it for a few years and was then was influenced too much by the 'go fast' idea and regrettably sold it to finance supposedly lighter and faster & smaller bikes which I really did not make go all that fast after all. If I had the chance to buy that frame back I would if I could swing the financing. Over the years I learned a lot about bikes and how to build them up myself and have been through dozens and dozens of bikes in the process of learning what I like & what works for my style of riding. I found I still preferred a build and size quite similar to that 1999 Rivendell. I do have several bikes built up in the 'Rivendell' fashion. (ie; vintage Ron Cooper sports touring model & Miyata 1000) Over the years I have slowed down quite a bit and have learned to enjoy the 'stop & smell the roses' and 'take pics' type of rides. Two weeks ago I built up a higher end vintage Schwinn mt bike for the 2nd time utilizing Albatross bars and very fat tires. I had read such positive comments of the Albatross bars on this list I decided to give them a try on this build. I will post a pic. I did a longish (for me) ride on it yesterday of 53 miles & it did great. I was concerned about the number of hand positions compared to my bikes with road bars but I was surprised it worked out very well for me. Well, enough said for this post. Regards, Paul in Dallas -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. **************************************************** **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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.
