[RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-23 Thread Michael Hechmer
Crisis of identity? My dear friend, whoever or whatever you think you are you are not your bicycle. As wonderful as your bicycle is, you are much more than that. As for crises... while working in a hospital for 13 years I learned that there are four categories of time. Crash time, when

Re: [RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-23 Thread Jim Bronson
The only existential crisis I am having is, why am I not out riding with my friends right now? Unfortunately I am stuck on a conference call. Hazards of working in IT. On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:11 PM, dstein wrote: > Haha, I was really hoping from the title that this was going to some sort >

[RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-22 Thread dstein
Haha, I was really hoping from the title that this was going to some sort of existential crisis. What is my Rivendell really? Is it 'just' a bike? What is a bike? Who are we? What am I? Why do we exist? Why purpose does a bike serve, really, what are we riding from? I was only slightly dissapoi

Re: [RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-22 Thread Eric Daume
Not unavoidable at all. The Soma Doublecross, for instance, comes in 11 sizes in 2cm increments. On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Matt B. wrote: > > > On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 7:12:36 PM UTC-5, sameness wrote: > >> >> As an aside, it's funny to see a spec sheet from RBW with every size fro

[RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-22 Thread Matt B.
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 7:12:36 PM UTC-5, sameness wrote: > > As an aside, it's funny to see a spec sheet from RBW with every size from > 49cm to 63cm in single centimeter increments. Now it's your choice of 52, > 55, or 59, just get in there, you'll fit on something. > > > That's proba

[RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-22 Thread sameness
That's kinda my read of the situation as well, at least as it pertains to those Starck/Bell years. The geometry was still more or less standardized per size, but the tubes as specified by Grant or whomever were all over the place, and obviously for a reason. The original paperwork for my '99

[RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-22 Thread RonaTD
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 3:42:40 PM UTC-6, Jim Bronson wrote: > > Did they once make a stock Road in that size? It also has a Joe Starck > serial coding on the bottom bracket. > > All Rivendell-brand frames are essentially custom. In the beginning, there were the Road, the All-Rounder,

[RBW] Re: What is my Rivendell really? Crisis of identity?

2016-01-22 Thread Garth
Call Riv of course ! Otherwise, this link may help . http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1/ -- 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+