Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-05 Thread Patrick Moore
It's not just *anybody* who is welcome in NM. On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 11:47 AM Montclair BobbyB wrote: > Patrick Moore... We WERE planning a trip to Santa Fe with our new Casita > trailer... now I'm not so sure > [image: Leaving New Mexico.jpg] > On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 11:12:50

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-05 Thread Montclair BobbyB
Patrick Moore... We WERE planning a trip to Santa Fe with our new Casita trailer... now I'm not so sure [image: Leaving New Mexico.jpg] On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-4 Roberta wrote: > You are very kind. Thank you. > > > On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 10:19:37 PM

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-03 Thread Roberta
You are very kind. Thank you. On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 10:19:37 PM UTC-4, Flowerfang wrote: > > > You are so great Roberta. > Just saying > :) > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 7:04 PM Roberta > > wrote: > >> This is such a wonderful thread because the bikes are beautiful and I can >>

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-03 Thread kim young
You are so great Roberta. Just saying :) On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 7:04 PM Roberta wrote: > This is such a wonderful thread because the bikes are beautiful and I can > hear everyone's excitement. > > Eric, my mini triangle covered up a light, so I just cut a hole in the > mesh and now the light

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-03 Thread Roberta
This is such a wonderful thread because the bikes are beautiful and I can hear everyone's excitement. Eric, my mini triangle covered up a light, so I just cut a hole in the mesh and now the light shines thru and I still have my triangle. Perhaps your flying man is under the mesh part of the

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-03 Thread Leah Peterson
Clems built in 2020 totally count, Mark and David. I have a 2019 Clem, too, so I’m especially sympathetic.  I mostly specified so we can see the latest iteration of Clem, but I think the 2019 model is nearly identical to the 2020. Carry on! Sent from my iPad > On Sep 3, 2020, at 6:10 AM,

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-03 Thread David Carner
I guess I am guilty of the same faux pas. My heavy duty build was not completed until well into 2020, but the frame is from the 2019 batch. Apologies, David On Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 9:17:17 PM UTC-5 Mark Roland wrote: > Another oops. I colored outside the lines! It only now dawns on

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-02 Thread Mark Roland
Another oops. I colored outside the lines! It only now dawns on me that you were soliciting Clems from the latest batch, which of course makes sense. And there I go on about my old outdated 2019. But I didn't build it until well into 2020. And nobody had responded, so I suppose I can be

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-01 Thread Joe Bernard
Ok watch me merge these threads. Let's see all your new heavy duty workhorse 2020 Clem(entine) bombers AND the superlights with parts that cost more than the whole original bike!  On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 1:01:06 PM UTC-7 Mark Roland wrote: > Or three days. I believe I mentioned above

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-01 Thread Mark Roland
Or three days. I believe I mentioned above swapping out my 2.25" Thunder Burts for some Switchback ELs. On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 12:13:43 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > You are right; I forgot that thread ("forgot" because I did read it). And > you installed faster tires than the

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-01 Thread Patrick Moore
You are right; I forgot that thread ("forgot" because I did read it). And you installed faster tires than the OEMs too, as I recall. How much one forgets in 3 months. On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:04 AM Leah Peterson wrote: > Isn’t that exactly what I did here? > > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-01 Thread Leah Peterson
Not sure that second link worked. Trying again. https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/5DfZJEj-hqw/m/P3wYAu-zCQAJ Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2020, at 8:00 AM, Patrick Moore wrote: > >  > Very nice; I like the simplicity of your build. I think I may have to > investigate one of

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-09-01 Thread Leah Peterson
Isn’t that exactly what I did here? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rbw-owners-bunch/N5w--nIDb0E/AFx-T485BwAJ I broached the topic here: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/Lighten$20up/rbw-owners-bunch/5DfZJEj-hqw I don’t know how much weight I saved, but I

[RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-31 Thread Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
Kurt, this is a beautiful thing you have done for your former spouse. Truly. I’m so sorry to hear that she’s fighting cancer. There isn’t a nicer gift you could have given her than this, and that’s the truth. I hope this bike facilitates her rehabilitation as her body fights and heals. You did

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-31 Thread Leah Peterson
Gill, thank YOU for sharing your delight. Incidentally, I’m the one who renamed the boring RBW Blue to “blue-green-shot-through-with-glimmer-like-sunlight-on-seawater”. If you like it, I’ll take the credit, and if you loathe it, I’ll accept the blame. That color is beautiful in all lighting, I

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-31 Thread Mark Roland
Yup. I believe Grant linked to the sculpture in his blagh or tumblr some time back. On Monday, August 31, 2020 at 11:39:12 AM UTC-4, RichS wrote: > > Cumil, "man at work" in Bratislava. Inspiration for the Clem graphic? > > Best, > Rich in ATL > > > On Monday, August 31, 2020 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-4

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-31 Thread Mark Roland
Oops. I included the NYC cover because it has a similar pattern to the Clem (and because Art Carney) but also because I thought the caption was Rivendellish. Unfortunately you can't really read it. So here it is: *New York City*. *Pattern current in the catalogue of Campbell Foundry of

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-31 Thread Bob Ehrenbeck
Hey Mark! Yeah, that was a really fun day, and the location couldn't be beat! I'd love to do that again. On Monday, August 31, 2020 at 8:31:14 AM UTC-4, Mark Roland wrote: > > Hi Bob! Congrats to Sylvia. Hope we can do another East Coast Riv Roundup > in the not too distant future.-

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-31 Thread Mark Roland
Hi Bob! Congrats to Sylvia. Hope we can do another East Coast Riv Roundup in the not too distant future.- On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 8:55:01 PM UTC-4, Bob Ehrenbeck wrote: > > Well Leah, you should know that it was photos of your Clems from your IG > that got her interested in

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Joe Bernard
Another #Rivsister through Leah's Instagram. It's working, Leah! On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 5:55:01 PM UTC-7 Bob Ehrenbeck wrote: > Well Leah, you should know that it was photos of your Clems from your IG > that got her interested in them! Along with your superbly equipped green El > Clem,

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Bob Ehrenbeck
Well Leah, you should know that it was photos of your Clems from your IG that got her interested in them! Along with your superbly equipped green El Clem, Mark! Regarding those grips: She doesn't remember the brand; she bought them at a bike shop in Dallas a long time ago when she lived there.

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Leah Peterson
Well, Sylvia sounds like someone I’d like to know! Send that new Rivendell convert to our List here; as the famous Mean Girls movie line goes, “She can sit with us.”  I’m so glad to hear of the pieces that bring her joy on her new bike. I like all those same things. What grips does she have

[RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Joe Bernard
Technically it's a streethole cover  On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 3:30:19 PM UTC-7 Paul in Dallas wrote: > What is it called when a woman climbs in or out the pictured hole in the > ground on the decal? > > I was reading that Berkley changed the name to remain gender neutral. > > I could see

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Joe Bernard
Olivier, you would think I would connect those rather obvious dots! But I've been dealing with this all my life, my brain has these weird blind spots. I am eediot! 浪 On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 2:37:53 PM UTC-7 Olivier Chételat wrote: > Mr. Joe, here is a visual refresher of what happened.

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Joe Bernard
As God is my witness I didn't know it's a manhole cover. Which I probably shouldn't admit in public 臘‍♂️ On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 12:52:18 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Yes, I agree with Kim - Mark’s bike is a party. A party bike - that could > be a new designation/category!

Re: [RBW] Re: Delight us with your 2020 Clems!

2020-08-30 Thread Leah Peterson
Yes, I agree with Kim - Mark’s bike is a party. A party bike - that could be a new designation/category! Something unique that the Clems offer - freedom from pretense, and a defiance of classification. Clems do not take themselves seriously; finery is not required. There is no particular way a