Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Leah Peterson]

Andy, this woman who’s living with you (she needs a name, it’s too much to 
type), why isn’t she on the List? This the best place for Riv lovers, I think. 
Plus, she could have some #RivSisters.

Interesting she’s been doing S24Os - is that what the cool kids in college are 
doing now? Is it just a bunch of friends or a group from campus? Interesting!

When I graduated from nursing school sign-on bonuses were all the rage. Maybe 
when this woman passes her NCLEX she will net herself a healthy sign-on bonus 
from her employer and plunk down the money for her first Rivendell. It’s 
absolutely what I would do if I had lived in a bike-friendly city when I 
started out as a nurse. It looks like she has a mixte/step through already - 
those are hard to give up. There’s a fresh batch of Clementines arriving at 
Rivendell this summer, and they come in that gorgeous RBW blue (I have it, I 
love it)...today at high noon Pacific time.

Leah

Sent from my iPad

> On May 22, 2020, at 4:48 AM, ascpgh  wrote:
> 
> 
> Leah- Our friend objectifies Rivendell and intends to own one. Which model is 
> unclear. She reads my Bicycle Quarterly magazines, loves the post war French 
> women riders and the YouTube videos from Rivendell. She's not an assertive, 
> "hard woman" sort of rider but rather a gentle cyclist of above average 
> stamina and fortitude. She did not waiver when I took her out on the early 
> rides to learn cycling in the city and how to get around by bike. I asked her 
> to "follow the path of my wheel as closely as you can and signal like I do". 
> She rides in such straight lines that people presume she's a very experienced 
> cyclist. She's biked to camp on Sub 24 hour overnights, commutes, grocery 
> shops and enjoys just getting out and exploring on her bike. She's in the 
> camp of generator hubs and fixed lights for your same reasons. Her influences 
> and interests don't point to a particular model but she's graduated nursing 
> school, awaits authorization to test when it resumes, and has decided to 
> remain here where she's worked through school and is known. I'll help when 
> her choice nears. Bicycling has become very dear to her over these last few 
> years. It's been her transportation, independence, entertainment and source 
> of esteem since people gravitate to her when she's out riding in the city, 
> asking questions about bikes, places to ride, directions. To them she's a 
> boss. An approachable one, with good taste!
> 
> Andy Cheatham
> Pittsburgh
> 
>> On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 3:59:35 PM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>> wrote:
>> (I sent this early this morning, 5.21, but it went as a PM to someone. 
>> Sorry. Here it is.)
>> 
>> Shoji - I want to believe the mindset of leaving well enough alone is 
>> possible, but I think it will be a fight! Has anyone dialed in a bike and 
>> then left it alone from that day forward? Chime in here.
>> 
>> Joe - silver Rich-built wheels are always a thing of beauty. You’re not 
>> riding a goofy Clem, you chose wisely.
>> 
>> Joyce - Oh, how I want these for you and your Clementine! I have been 
>> thinking about you lately, wondering how it’s going with your hip. My left 
>> knee bothers me (no diagnosis yet since I was going to make an appt at the 
>> time COVID hit), and it’s made worse when I push really hard on hills. I’m 
>> hoping these wheels take some of the strain out, though the challenge has 
>> been good for my quads. 
>> 
>> Andy - am I reading it right that this girl has a Riv on her post-grad 
>> agenda? Which one will she get? Yes, I’m so tired of having my light taking 
>> up space on my bars (I’ve got way too much stuff on them but have declared 
>> all of it essential), and wondering if it’s low and needs charging. I have 
>> no way of knowing when the battery is low, but it does flicker when the end 
>> is near, which always stresses me out. Enough of that, welcome, dyno.
>> 
>> Thanks, Rusty! I love the look! I am going to ask Analog to make the wheels 
>> for my mixte, too, just have to decide what look we’re going for. I should 
>> probably choose something sleek and classy, but it’s pretty hard not to 
>> choose all the color.
>> 
>> George - ha! You’re right.
>> 
>> Brian - thanks. I’ll show the mechanics if they seem at all uncertain. 
>> 
>> Today’s the day I drop off the bike. The area in which I live has slim 
>> pickings for bike shops. My favorite closed its doors without warning 
>> several months back. REI installed my fenders wrong and caused damage to a 
>> bike I hired them to pack, plus they’re closed due to COVID. One remaining 
>> shop has a 2 week wait before they can take you. I called 2 shops deeper 
>> into the City and both were swamped as well. The first took my name and put 
>> me on a wait list. He said he cannot fit one more bike in his shop and that 
>> after he takes the bike, it will be another 2 week wait. I left my name a 
>> week ago, and I’m still on the wait list. I called yet another an

Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Joe Bernard]

The word for today is...objectifies. 

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Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[ascpgh]

Leah- Our friend objectifies Rivendell and intends to own one. Which model 
is unclear. She reads my Bicycle Quarterly magazines, loves the post war 
French women riders and the YouTube videos from Rivendell. She's not an 
assertive, "hard woman" sort of rider but rather a gentle cyclist of above 
average stamina and fortitude. She did not waiver when I took her out on 
the early rides to learn cycling in the city and how to get around by bike. 
I asked her to "follow the path of my wheel as closely as you can and 
signal like I do". She rides in such straight lines that people presume 
she's a very experienced cyclist. She's biked to camp on Sub 24 hour 
overnights, commutes, grocery shops and enjoys just getting out and 
exploring on her bike. She's in the camp of generator hubs and fixed lights 
for your same reasons. Her influences and interests don't point to a 
particular model but she's graduated nursing school, awaits authorization 
to test when it resumes, and has decided to remain here where she's worked 
through school and is known. I'll help when her choice nears. Bicycling has 
become very dear to her over these last few years. It's been her 
transportation, independence, entertainment and source of esteem since 
people gravitate to her when she's out riding in the city, asking questions 
about bikes, places to ride, directions. To them she's a boss. An 
approachable one, with good taste!

Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 3:59:35 PM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:
>
> (I sent this early this morning, 5.21, but it went as a PM to someone. 
> Sorry. Here it is.)
>
> Shoji - I want to believe the mindset of leaving well enough alone is 
> possible, but I think it will be a fight! Has anyone dialed in a bike and 
> then left it alone from that day forward? Chime in here.
>
> Joe - silver Rich-built wheels are always a thing of beauty. You’re not 
> riding a goofy Clem, you chose wisely.
>
> Joyce - Oh, how I want these for you and your Clementine! I have been 
> thinking about you lately, wondering how it’s going with your hip. My left 
> knee bothers me (no diagnosis yet since I was going to make an appt at the 
> time COVID hit), and it’s made worse when I push really hard on hills. I’m 
> hoping these wheels take some of the strain out, though the challenge has 
> been good for my quads. 
>
> Andy - am I reading it right that this girl has a Riv on her post-grad 
> agenda? Which one will she get? Yes, I’m so tired of having my light taking 
> up space on my bars (I’ve got way too much stuff on them but have declared 
> all of it essential), and wondering if it’s low and needs charging. I have 
> no way of knowing when the battery is low, but it does flicker when the end 
> is near, which always stresses me out. Enough of that, welcome, dyno.
>
> Thanks, Rusty! I love the look! I am going to ask Analog to make the 
> wheels for my mixte, too, just have to decide what look we’re going for. I 
> should probably choose something sleek and classy, but it’s pretty hard not 
> to choose all the color.
>
> George - ha! You’re right.
>
> Brian - thanks. I’ll show the mechanics if they seem at all uncertain. 
>
> Today’s the day I drop off the bike. The area in which I live has slim 
> pickings for bike shops. My favorite closed its doors without warning 
> several months back. REI installed my fenders wrong and caused damage to a 
> bike I hired them to pack, plus they’re closed due to COVID. One remaining 
> shop has a 2 week wait before they can take you. I called 2 shops deeper 
> into the City and both were swamped as well. The first took my name and put 
> me on a wait list. He said he cannot fit one more bike in his shop and that 
> after he takes the bike, it will be another 2 week wait. I left my name a 
> week ago, and I’m still on the wait list. I called yet another and they 
> told me they stopped taking bikes and closed shop for 2 business days just 
> to catch up on the work they already had. He told me to come by when my 
> wheels arrive, but I don’t know how long his line is. I’ll find out today. 
>
> I have the cast-off 52 cm Clem H in the garage, so I won’t be totally 
> Riv-less, but it will be an adjustment for me. I rode it awhile back and 
> thought, “WHY are these bars so far away from me?!” The bike has Bosco 
> Bullmoose bars. 🤣
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 21, 2020, at 9:52 AM, ted > 
> wrote:
>
> 
> Leah wrote: "More is more. Too much is enough. And so on..."
> But the perhaps applicable saying that I recall is "... too much is not 
> enough", sometimes preceded by "wretched excess, ..."
>
> On a different note, I hope you weighed those wheels (and the lights etc) 
> before you took everything to the shop. We're gonna want to know exactly 
> how many grams (or ounces) you've shaved off your ride. Similarly we (or 
> perhaps just I) want to know how many teeth your small chain ring and 
> largest cog have before and after.
>
> ted
> whos fondne

Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Philip Williamson]

Aww!
People stoked to work on your bike are the people you want working on your 
bike. 

Philip
(I just fork up my own bikes) Santa Rosa, CA

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Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[franklyn]

Hearing about your struggle to find a good shop and knowing how retail bike 
shops everywhere, including those here in the East SF Bay Area give me an 
uncomfortable sense of dissonance. It is true that the shelter-in-place 
order has stretched out the timeline for repairs, but shops that survived 
are super stoked to work on all bikes. 

If it were just installing those new wheels and the dyno, it really 
shouldn't take the mechanics too long (my estimate would be less than 30 
minutes), but perhaps you have other repairs lined up. 

Franklyn

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 1:21:19 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:
>
> Ted, I’m sorry but I’m such a disappointment. In true form, with my 
> aversion to my scale (I’m never in agreement with that thing) I weighed 
> *nothing* but just tossed those wheels in the van and drove off to get them 
> installed. Which brings me to the story portion of my post...
>
> Henderson and Las Vegas are woefully short of good bike shops. The two 
> largest are a LONG drive from me, and they concentrate on roadies or 
> mountain biker types but certainly not the Leah Petersons of the world. The 
> only shop that ever knew what a Rivendell was has closed its doors so I’m 
> back to folks thinking “What a nice cruiser.” 
>
> The shops that remain are booked solid. They can’t get parts. They can’t 
> take anymore bikes. Today I pointed the van NW and drove to Southwest 
> Bikes. I arrived 20 min before opening, and there was already a line in the 
> parking lot. I was #3 in line. I heard the mechanic say to the guy in front 
> of me, “We aren’t taking any new repairs.” 
>
> Um. I called last week and they had said to bring my bike in when I got my 
> wheels. After turning the guy in front of me away, it was my turn. “Did I 
> hear you say you aren’t taking new repairs?” I asked. 
>
> “Yeah, only simple things like flats.”
>
> “Well, I need these wheels and dyno put on my bike, and I had some other 
> things on the list...”
>
> “I took your call last week - I remember. I’m sorry; can you come back May 
> 28th and we’ll take the bike then?”
>
> It’s not his fault; these are unprecedented times and frankly, I’m happy 
> that the bike industry is getting a cash infusion. So, I smiled, thanked 
> him and left without agreeing to come back. 
>
> I loaded the Clementine back onto the rack and started making phone calls. 
> One shop said bikes would be worked on June 7-8th. Last week I was 
> waitlisted at a promising shop so I called them to see where my name was 
> at, and they had 5-6 pages of names on their waitlist! They figured it 
> would be Sunday before they would call me and even then I’d have to leave 
> the bike for a couple of weeks. There was one large shop that I’d avoided 
> because they are named Pro Cyclery and I just knew I’d be the laughingstock 
> of their store if I pulled up with my Clementine. I looked at my 
> James-built Rainbow Brite wheels in the back seat.
>
> I called Pro Cyclery.
>
> “Hi, yes, we have a wait, maybe a week and a half - maybe June 2nd, but 
> we’re not as bad as a lot of other shops.”
>
> I bit back tears and pointed the van south. 
>
> I had pulled myself together when I arrived Pro Cyclery. I looked at the 
> woman in her padded bike shorts wheeling and dealing with an employee and 
> shuddered. The people here are not going to understand about my Rivendell. 
> I stood in line and listened to another employee explain to a mother-son 
> duo that he was so sorry, he could not get parts. Parts are sold out 
> everywhere, all over town and even overseas. I said a silent prayer of 
> thanks that I had brought all my own parts. (How did James and Candice get 
> them?!) I was waited on by a guy who seemed confused about my dyno. “I 
> don’t see how we’re going to hide that wire,” he said. “You’re not,” I 
> said, “It’s going to wrap around the fork. Say, um do you guys do dyno? I 
> have a website if it’s confusing...” I gave him a list of wants for 
> repairs. It was a lot. He was a bit withered after we got through it all. 
> He said some of this was above his expertise level but “Jaime” had a lot of 
> experience and would know. “We’ll call you and give you an estimate for the 
> work soon. But there will be a wait for it to be complete.” I assured him 
> it was fine and I left. 
>
> I drove away, Clem-less, and felt unsettled. Thirty minutes later the 
> phone rang and the shop wanted to give me my estimate for the repair work. 
> “And let me say,” he said, “All three of us are STOKED to work on your 
> bike. We never see bikes like this come in here. Someone took a lot of care 
> building this bike; we are really excited to work on it.” 
>
> Well, I went from the lowest of lows to a HIGH. My bike is going to get 
> done.  I think it will be done right. And I would venture to guess they 
> will get it done sooner than promised. I can hardly wait
>
> Leah 
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 21, 2020, at 9:52 AM, ted > 
> wrote:
>
> 

Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[dougP]

Leah:

*"But, mark my words, after this bike and the mixte (which I’m still hoping 
isn’t a ‘Pus) I’m swearing off improvements. I’m going to ride and be 
satisfied and immune to all the bike charms. For at least 10 years..."*

Good luck with that;  2030 is a long, long way off.  

After doing my due diligence on touring bikes, I bought an Atlantis in '03, 
and Rivendell build it up with their recommended parts.  They quizzed me 
about what I planned to with the bike, then suggested suitable components.  
When it arrived, after riding it, my reaction was "it's perfect, I don't 
have to change a thing, just ride it."  Well, that lasted about a month.  
Over the last 17 years, I've lost count of how many "versions" the bike has 
been thru.  Various racks, bags, cassettes, handlebars, stems, shifters, 
etc.  As I think about it, the only original parts are the seat post, 
crankset, and the hubs which were used on the second wheelset, built in 
2009.  Often I've thought "now it's perfect", but changing needs call for 
changes.  

Now, I've done anything like your wheelset but you'll find other little 
fiddly bits that can be improved.  Hey, it's only money & everyone needs a 
hobby.

dougP

On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 8:38:36 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> Well. You’re not wrong. But you know what else? I blame all of you. I used 
> to be a perfectly reasonable person (with a disconcerting affinity for 
> sparkle), but now look at how things have gotten. I was tickled to swap my 
> Walmart Special for a Betty Foy and I was happy for so many years. But then 
> I started haunting this place and hearing about long chainstays and higher 
> bars and fancy wheels and now I have Rainbow Brite wheels that cost more 
> than my bike. 
>
> I regret nothing. Those wheels are so 🤩.
>
> But, mark my words, after this bike and the mixte (which I’m still hoping 
> isn’t a ‘Pus) I’m swearing off improvements. I’m going to ride and be 
> satisfied and immune to all the bike charms. For at least 10 years...
>
> Hold me to this,
> Leah
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 20, 2020, at 8:28 PM, dougP > 
> wrote:
>
> 
> Welcome to the rabbit hole of bike nerdery.  I suspected a developing case 
> when you gave up the Best Bicycle in the Whole World (did I get that 
> right?) for the Clementine.  
>
> dougP
>
> On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:41:10 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
> wrote:
>>
>> Friends, 
>>
>> I have one bike to ride. It’s a Clementine with mostly stock parts, and 
>> it’s heavy. 
>>
>> I love it. 
>>
>> I have been riding nearly every day and I’ve got 997.9 miles on it for 
>> 2020! The hills here are brutal, and the temps are approaching triple 
>> digits. So, I want to ride at night, and I want to get up the hills more 
>> easily. James and Candice at Analog Cycles in Vermont have showcased their 
>> beautiful work on Instagram, and I’ve long been an admirer. #RivSister 
>> Roberta knows them and had planned to have them do similar work on her 
>> Appaloosa (I’m sure she’ll delight us with her story here when the time 
>> comes), and because we girls tend to stick together, I got in touch with 
>> Analog. Dyno lighting and lighter wheels with tubeless tires were what was 
>> decided. 
>>
>> So, here’s one photo from Analog that can’t do these wheels one whit of 
>> justice; the wheels arrived today and they are showstoppers in real life. I 
>> am going to follow up right after this post with a video (2nd post 
>> necessary for video to work, I don’t know why) that you can access if you 
>> choose to download it. The video is the only way to really capture any of 
>> the beauty in these wheels. I told them to go wild with color, and they 
>> did. I think the bold colors and patterns capture the zany nature of a 
>> Clem. 
>>
>> Don’t ask me what all the details are, who KNOWS, this is me you’re 
>> talking to. I do know I got tubeless Gravel Kings (Evan Elliot, I think 
>> these were your suggestion months ago), something about machined sidewalls, 
>> Shutter Precision/Edelux II, Son rear light. Oh, enough, what really 
>> matters here is there are COLORED SPOKE NIPPLES AND VALVE STEMS. And guess 
>> what they do? They fade into other colors because Analog is a straight-up 
>> master of color. These wheels are a lot, which is saying something for a 
>> woman whose favorite color is sparkle. I LOVE them. More is more. Too much 
>> is enough. And so on... 
>>
>> Tomorrow, I’m taking my bike in for a list of stuff I’m having done to 
>> it, and I really hope the mechanics know how to set up dyno lighting - I’ve 
>> been burned by Vegas bike shops before, and this is a new shop for me. See 
>> the Wiggly Fender thread. 🙄 
>>
>> More later when everything is on the bike and I have gotten to ride it. 
>>
>> Thanks for looking, this is made even more fun in the presence of like 
>> minds. 
>> Leah 
>>
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Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Leah Peterson]

Ted, I’m sorry but I’m such a disappointment. In true form, with my aversion to 
my scale (I’m never in agreement with that thing) I weighed *nothing* but just 
tossed those wheels in the van and drove off to get them installed. Which 
brings me to the story portion of my post...

Henderson and Las Vegas are woefully short of good bike shops. The two largest 
are a LONG drive from me, and they concentrate on roadies or mountain biker 
types but certainly not the Leah Petersons of the world. The only shop that 
ever knew what a Rivendell was has closed its doors so I’m back to folks 
thinking “What a nice cruiser.” 

The shops that remain are booked solid. They can’t get parts. They can’t take 
anymore bikes. Today I pointed the van NW and drove to Southwest Bikes. I 
arrived 20 min before opening, and there was already a line in the parking lot. 
I was #3 in line. I heard the mechanic say to the guy in front of me, “We 
aren’t taking any new repairs.” 

Um. I called last week and they had said to bring my bike in when I got my 
wheels. After turning the guy in front of me away, it was my turn. “Did I hear 
you say you aren’t taking new repairs?” I asked. 

“Yeah, only simple things like flats.”

“Well, I need these wheels and dyno put on my bike, and I had some other things 
on the list...”

“I took your call last week - I remember. I’m sorry; can you come back May 28th 
and we’ll take the bike then?”

It’s not his fault; these are unprecedented times and frankly, I’m happy that 
the bike industry is getting a cash infusion. So, I smiled, thanked him and 
left without agreeing to come back. 

I loaded the Clementine back onto the rack and started making phone calls. One 
shop said bikes would be worked on June 7-8th. Last week I was waitlisted at a 
promising shop so I called them to see where my name was at, and they had 5-6 
pages of names on their waitlist! They figured it would be Sunday before they 
would call me and even then I’d have to leave the bike for a couple of weeks. 
There was one large shop that I’d avoided because they are named Pro Cyclery 
and I just knew I’d be the laughingstock of their store if I pulled up with my 
Clementine. I looked at my James-built Rainbow Brite wheels in the back seat.

I called Pro Cyclery.

“Hi, yes, we have a wait, maybe a week and a half - maybe June 2nd, but we’re 
not as bad as a lot of other shops.”

I bit back tears and pointed the van south. 

I had pulled myself together when I arrived Pro Cyclery. I looked at the woman 
in her padded bike shorts wheeling and dealing with an employee and shuddered. 
The people here are not going to understand about my Rivendell. I stood in line 
and listened to another employee explain to a mother-son duo that he was so 
sorry, he could not get parts. Parts are sold out everywhere, all over town and 
even overseas. I said a silent prayer of thanks that I had brought all my own 
parts. (How did James and Candice get them?!) I was waited on by a guy who 
seemed confused about my dyno. “I don’t see how we’re going to hide that wire,” 
he said. “You’re not,” I said, “It’s going to wrap around the fork. Say, um do 
you guys do dyno? I have a website if it’s confusing...” I gave him a list of 
wants for repairs. It was a lot. He was a bit withered after we got through it 
all. He said some of this was above his expertise level but “Jaime” had a lot 
of experience and would know. “We’ll call you and give you an estimate for the 
work soon. But there will be a wait for it to be complete.” I assured him it 
was fine and I left. 

I drove away, Clem-less, and felt unsettled. Thirty minutes later the phone 
rang and the shop wanted to give me my estimate for the repair work. “And let 
me say,” he said, “All three of us are STOKED to work on your bike. We never 
see bikes like this come in here. Someone took a lot of care building this 
bike; we are really excited to work on it.” 

Well, I went from the lowest of lows to a HIGH. My bike is going to get done.  
I think it will be done right. And I would venture to guess they will get it 
done sooner than promised. I can hardly wait

Leah 
Sent from my iPad

>> On May 21, 2020, at 9:52 AM, ted  wrote:
> 
> Leah wrote: "More is more. Too much is enough. And so on..."
> But the perhaps applicable saying that I recall is "... too much is not 
> enough", sometimes preceded by "wretched excess, ..."
> 
> On a different note, I hope you weighed those wheels (and the lights etc) 
> before you took everything to the shop. We're gonna want to know exactly how 
> many grams (or ounces) you've shaved off your ride. Similarly we (or perhaps 
> just I) want to know how many teeth your small chain ring and largest cog 
> have before and after.
> 
> ted
> whos fondness for numbers approaches Leah's fondness for bling.
> 
>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:41:10 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>> wrote:
>> Friends, 
>> 
>> I have one bike to ride. It’s a Clementine with mostly stock pa

Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Leah Peterson]

(I sent this early this morning, 5.21, but it went as a PM to someone. Sorry. 
Here it is.)

Shoji - I want to believe the mindset of leaving well enough alone is possible, 
but I think it will be a fight! Has anyone dialed in a bike and then left it 
alone from that day forward? Chime in here.

Joe - silver Rich-built wheels are always a thing of beauty. You’re not riding 
a goofy Clem, you chose wisely.

Joyce - Oh, how I want these for you and your Clementine! I have been thinking 
about you lately, wondering how it’s going with your hip. My left knee bothers 
me (no diagnosis yet since I was going to make an appt at the time COVID hit), 
and it’s made worse when I push really hard on hills. I’m hoping these wheels 
take some of the strain out, though the challenge has been good for my quads. 

Andy - am I reading it right that this girl has a Riv on her post-grad agenda? 
Which one will she get? Yes, I’m so tired of having my light taking up space on 
my bars (I’ve got way too much stuff on them but have declared all of it 
essential), and wondering if it’s low and needs charging. I have no way of 
knowing when the battery is low, but it does flicker when the end is near, 
which always stresses me out. Enough of that, welcome, dyno.

Thanks, Rusty! I love the look! I am going to ask Analog to make the wheels for 
my mixte, too, just have to decide what look we’re going for. I should probably 
choose something sleek and classy, but it’s pretty hard not to choose all the 
color.

George - ha! You’re right.

Brian - thanks. I’ll show the mechanics if they seem at all uncertain. 

Today’s the day I drop off the bike. The area in which I live has slim pickings 
for bike shops. My favorite closed its doors without warning several months 
back. REI installed my fenders wrong and caused damage to a bike I hired them 
to pack, plus they’re closed due to COVID. One remaining shop has a 2 week wait 
before they can take you. I called 2 shops deeper into the City and both were 
swamped as well. The first took my name and put me on a wait list. He said he 
cannot fit one more bike in his shop and that after he takes the bike, it will 
be another 2 week wait. I left my name a week ago, and I’m still on the wait 
list. I called yet another and they told me they stopped taking bikes and 
closed shop for 2 business days just to catch up on the work they already had. 
He told me to come by when my wheels arrive, but I don’t know how long his line 
is. I’ll find out today. 

I have the cast-off 52 cm Clem H in the garage, so I won’t be totally Riv-less, 
but it will be an adjustment for me. I rode it awhile back and thought, “WHY 
are these bars so far away from me?!” The bike has Bosco Bullmoose bars. 🤣

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> On May 21, 2020, at 9:52 AM, ted  wrote:
> 
> 
> Leah wrote: "More is more. Too much is enough. And so on..."
> But the perhaps applicable saying that I recall is "... too much is not 
> enough", sometimes preceded by "wretched excess, ..."
> 
> On a different note, I hope you weighed those wheels (and the lights etc) 
> before you took everything to the shop. We're gonna want to know exactly how 
> many grams (or ounces) you've shaved off your ride. Similarly we (or perhaps 
> just I) want to know how many teeth your small chain ring and largest cog 
> have before and after.
> 
> ted
> whos fondness for numbers approaches Leah's fondness for bling.
> 
>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:41:10 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>> wrote:
>> Friends, 
>> 
>> I have one bike to ride. It’s a Clementine with mostly stock parts, and it’s 
>> heavy. 
>> 
>> I love it. 
>> 
>> I have been riding nearly every day and I’ve got 997.9 miles on it for 2020! 
>> The hills here are brutal, and the temps are approaching triple digits. So, 
>> I want to ride at night, and I want to get up the hills more easily. James 
>> and Candice at Analog Cycles in Vermont have showcased their beautiful work 
>> on Instagram, and I’ve long been an admirer. #RivSister Roberta knows them 
>> and had planned to have them do similar work on her Appaloosa (I’m sure 
>> she’ll delight us with her story here when the time comes), and because we 
>> girls tend to stick together, I got in touch with Analog. Dyno lighting and 
>> lighter wheels with tubeless tires were what was decided. 
>> 
>> So, here’s one photo from Analog that can’t do these wheels one whit of 
>> justice; the wheels arrived today and they are showstoppers in real life. I 
>> am going to follow up right after this post with a video (2nd post necessary 
>> for video to work, I don’t know why) that you can access if you choose to 
>> download it. The video is the only way to really capture any of the beauty 
>> in these wheels. I told them to go wild with color, and they did. I think 
>> the bold colors and patterns capture the zany nature of a Clem. 
>> 
>> Don’t ask me what all the details are, who KNOWS, this is me you’re talking 
>> to. I do know I got tubeless G

Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Joe Bernard]

It's all impossibly cool and rad and other words denoting coolness and radness 
I can't think of right now. Check out the spoke nipples, they look like the 
stages of a sunset! 

I can't wait to see this built up and in a hundred pics and videos on 
Instagram. Bring it! 

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Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Shoji Takahashi]

"I’m going to ride and be satisfied " famous last words that I say 
every few years.

tailwinds, 
shoji



On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 11:38:36 PM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> Well. You’re not wrong. But you know what else? I blame all of you. I used 
> to be a perfectly reasonable person (with a disconcerting affinity for 
> sparkle), but now look at how things have gotten. I was tickled to swap my 
> Walmart Special for a Betty Foy and I was happy for so many years. But then 
> I started haunting this place and hearing about long chainstays and higher 
> bars and fancy wheels and now I have Rainbow Brite wheels that cost more 
> than my bike. 
>
> I regret nothing. Those wheels are so 🤩.
>
> But, mark my words, after this bike and the mixte (which I’m still hoping 
> isn’t a ‘Pus) I’m swearing off improvements. I’m going to ride and be 
> satisfied and immune to all the bike charms. For at least 10 years...
>
> Hold me to this,
> Leah
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 20, 2020, at 8:28 PM, dougP > 
> wrote:
>
> 
> Welcome to the rabbit hole of bike nerdery.  I suspected a developing case 
> when you gave up the Best Bicycle in the Whole World (did I get that 
> right?) for the Clementine.  
>
> dougP
>
> On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:41:10 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
> wrote:
>>
>> Friends, 
>>
>> I have one bike to ride. It’s a Clementine with mostly stock parts, and 
>> it’s heavy. 
>>
>> I love it. 
>>
>> I have been riding nearly every day and I’ve got 997.9 miles on it for 
>> 2020! The hills here are brutal, and the temps are approaching triple 
>> digits. So, I want to ride at night, and I want to get up the hills more 
>> easily. James and Candice at Analog Cycles in Vermont have showcased their 
>> beautiful work on Instagram, and I’ve long been an admirer. #RivSister 
>> Roberta knows them and had planned to have them do similar work on her 
>> Appaloosa (I’m sure she’ll delight us with her story here when the time 
>> comes), and because we girls tend to stick together, I got in touch with 
>> Analog. Dyno lighting and lighter wheels with tubeless tires were what was 
>> decided. 
>>
>> So, here’s one photo from Analog that can’t do these wheels one whit of 
>> justice; the wheels arrived today and they are showstoppers in real life. I 
>> am going to follow up right after this post with a video (2nd post 
>> necessary for video to work, I don’t know why) that you can access if you 
>> choose to download it. The video is the only way to really capture any of 
>> the beauty in these wheels. I told them to go wild with color, and they 
>> did. I think the bold colors and patterns capture the zany nature of a 
>> Clem. 
>>
>> Don’t ask me what all the details are, who KNOWS, this is me you’re 
>> talking to. I do know I got tubeless Gravel Kings (Evan Elliot, I think 
>> these were your suggestion months ago), something about machined sidewalls, 
>> Shutter Precision/Edelux II, Son rear light. Oh, enough, what really 
>> matters here is there are COLORED SPOKE NIPPLES AND VALVE STEMS. And guess 
>> what they do? They fade into other colors because Analog is a straight-up 
>> master of color. These wheels are a lot, which is saying something for a 
>> woman whose favorite color is sparkle. I LOVE them. More is more. Too much 
>> is enough. And so on... 
>>
>> Tomorrow, I’m taking my bike in for a list of stuff I’m having done to 
>> it, and I really hope the mechanics know how to set up dyno lighting - I’ve 
>> been burned by Vegas bike shops before, and this is a new shop for me. See 
>> the Wiggly Fender thread. 🙄 
>>
>> More later when everything is on the bike and I have gotten to ride it. 
>>
>> Thanks for looking, this is made even more fun in the presence of like 
>> minds. 
>> Leah 
>>
>>
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Re: [RBW] Re: It’s dull around here, let me bring some color

[Leah Peterson]

Doug,

Well. You’re not wrong. But you know what else? I blame all of you. I used to 
be a perfectly reasonable person (with a disconcerting affinity for sparkle), 
but now look at how things have gotten. I was tickled to swap my Walmart 
Special for a Betty Foy and I was happy for so many years. But then I started 
haunting this place and hearing about long chainstays and higher bars and fancy 
wheels and now I have Rainbow Brite wheels that cost more than my bike. 

I regret nothing. Those wheels are so 🤩.

But, mark my words, after this bike and the mixte (which I’m still hoping isn’t 
a ‘Pus) I’m swearing off improvements. I’m going to ride and be satisfied and 
immune to all the bike charms. For at least 10 years...

Hold me to this,
Leah
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> On May 20, 2020, at 8:28 PM, dougP  wrote:
> 
> 
> Welcome to the rabbit hole of bike nerdery.  I suspected a developing case 
> when you gave up the Best Bicycle in the Whole World (did I get that right?) 
> for the Clementine.  
> 
> dougP
> 
>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:41:10 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>> wrote:
>> Friends, 
>> 
>> I have one bike to ride. It’s a Clementine with mostly stock parts, and it’s 
>> heavy. 
>> 
>> I love it. 
>> 
>> I have been riding nearly every day and I’ve got 997.9 miles on it for 2020! 
>> The hills here are brutal, and the temps are approaching triple digits. So, 
>> I want to ride at night, and I want to get up the hills more easily. James 
>> and Candice at Analog Cycles in Vermont have showcased their beautiful work 
>> on Instagram, and I’ve long been an admirer. #RivSister Roberta knows them 
>> and had planned to have them do similar work on her Appaloosa (I’m sure 
>> she’ll delight us with her story here when the time comes), and because we 
>> girls tend to stick together, I got in touch with Analog. Dyno lighting and 
>> lighter wheels with tubeless tires were what was decided. 
>> 
>> So, here’s one photo from Analog that can’t do these wheels one whit of 
>> justice; the wheels arrived today and they are showstoppers in real life. I 
>> am going to follow up right after this post with a video (2nd post necessary 
>> for video to work, I don’t know why) that you can access if you choose to 
>> download it. The video is the only way to really capture any of the beauty 
>> in these wheels. I told them to go wild with color, and they did. I think 
>> the bold colors and patterns capture the zany nature of a Clem. 
>> 
>> Don’t ask me what all the details are, who KNOWS, this is me you’re talking 
>> to. I do know I got tubeless Gravel Kings (Evan Elliot, I think these were 
>> your suggestion months ago), something about machined sidewalls, Shutter 
>> Precision/Edelux II, Son rear light. Oh, enough, what really matters here is 
>> there are COLORED SPOKE NIPPLES AND VALVE STEMS. And guess what they do? 
>> They fade into other colors because Analog is a straight-up master of color. 
>> These wheels are a lot, which is saying something for a woman whose favorite 
>> color is sparkle. I LOVE them. More is more. Too much is enough. And so 
>> on... 
>> 
>> Tomorrow, I’m taking my bike in for a list of stuff I’m having done to it, 
>> and I really hope the mechanics know how to set up dyno lighting - I’ve been 
>> burned by Vegas bike shops before, and this is a new shop for me. See the 
>> Wiggly Fender thread. 🙄 
>> 
>> More later when everything is on the bike and I have gotten to ride it. 
>> 
>> Thanks for looking, this is made even more fun in the presence of like 
>> minds. 
>> Leah 
>> 
>> 
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