It's funny, someone will post a picture of a really nice Hilsen and I'll
almost envy it only to realize it's basically identical to mine. A lot of
times it's the quality of the image that does that. I'm pretty happy with
my Hilsen and have no desire to change components other than maybe trying
They're never finished. Mine is always changing. I always have some new
thing to look forward to buying some months off in the future. Case in
point - Right now I have a perfectly good set of wheels I built up myself
(I'm proud to say) that have stayed true for thousands of miles but they
are
Hey Scot,
Everything from the paint up is nearly frivolous and unimportant. I mean,
the difference. There is beauty in low-brow, and it's hard to talk about it
with precision, because there are so many other associations that lead you
astray. Even low-brow, although we all know what you mean.
I believe it was Jim Thill who made a comment a while back about how he
loves when a nice bike has some less-nice components or accessories. I
agree. The tragedy is a bike that's 10 years old and is still new. I've
seen FS posts like that on the list here a couple times... Somebody buys a
Thanks for the wisdom everyone. I do love my bike to an almost embarrassing
degree, and I show it by turning its pedals 7 days a week and giving it care
when the need arises. It's nice to see the if money was no object version,
though; gets the gears in my head turning for my Sam's long future
Scot, focus on the doughnut...not the doughnut hole. You've got a really
awesome bike. (:
On Monday, July 16, 2012 6:20:23 PM UTC-7, Scot Brooks wrote:
Living through this last weekend's Seattle to Portland bike ride was
pretty great, and there were quite a few Riv spottings along the way.
I worked the finish from 10AM to 7PM and only spotted one blue AHH (tried
to talk to the rider but he was busy with family group photos). I knew
there had to be more Riv's but was sad to miss them
On Monday, July 16, 2012 6:20:23 PM UTC-7, Scot Brooks wrote:
Living through this last
I only saw one this year--yellow Hilsen on the hill on day 1.
Ryan
On Jul 16, 6:20 pm, Scot Brooks scothinck...@gmail.com wrote:
Living through this last weekend's Seattle to Portland bike ride was pretty
great, and there were quite a few Riv spottings along the way. There was a
couple with
I was running an errand in north Portland on Saturday morning and happened
on some STP signage. I followed it for a ways on my AHH but then it went
that way and I wanted to go this way. I'm not exactly sure how this little
anecdote is relevant other than I don't have any pics to prove it
