[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-05 Thread Joe Bernard
"A few nicks and scratches from transport and storage.." Well that's one way to put it! On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 12:18:45 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wrote: > Here are some more photos. I couldn't get the fork to lie flat but I tried > to capture the bent ends. > > With regards to, "how

[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-05 Thread Cyclofiend Jim
If you have detailed photos of the fork, I think it would be appropriate to post those as well. Jim / list admin On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 7:11:00 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wrote: > Oh, where to begin? I owned this bike for approximately two months. Here’s > what happened: > > A few

[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-04 Thread Joe Bernard
Good eye, Willet. Of course one of the selling points Riv promotes about steel frames is they can be repaired so it doesn't mean this is a bad bike, but all that hullabaloo in the Craigslist copy should probably mention the history. Me-thinks! On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 9:49:17 PM UTC-8

[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-04 Thread 'WilletM' via RBW Owners Bunch
The CL bike does appear to be missing paint on the inside of the non-drive seatstay just below the middle rack braze-on, which is the same location as the damage and missing paint of Matthew's Appaloosa. That would be the clincher for me even more than some of the parts in common, which I

[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-04 Thread Philip Williamson
How do you know it’s the same bike? It looks distinctly un-smashed, and you don’t know the “concatenations of circumstances.” What non-profit did you mail it to? Philip Nonplussed in Sonoma County, where even the Riv-knowledgeable bike co-op won’t take a smashed bike. On Sunday, December 4,

[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-04 Thread Joe Bernard
Well that explains the new/narrower front wheel and a dynamo light with wires leading to nowhere cuz the dynamo is gone. Yikes! On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 7:11:00 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wrote: > Oh, where to begin? I owned this bike for approximately two months. Here’s > what happened:

Re: [RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-04 Thread 'Scott Luly' via RBW Owners Bunch
LOL, Joe!!! Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 7:39 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: Needs more tags.  On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 6:36:13 PM UTC-8 Philip Williamson wrote: Presented without commentary. SFBay Craigslist ad: 

[RBW] Re: Appaloosa Purple Prose

2022-12-04 Thread Joe Bernard
Needs more tags. On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 6:36:13 PM UTC-8 Philip Williamson wrote: > > Presented without commentary. > SFBay Craigslist ad: > https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/d/alameda-59-60cm-rivendell-joe-appaloosa/7557541510.html > > Fully quotated for posterity: > “Hi, up for