Re: [RBW] Re: Two Bicycle Belles in NV—2nd Annual Visit
Cool story Roberta and Leah. Riv riders seem scattered around the USA but meeting up is awesome. Doug -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Two Bicycle Belles in NV—2nd Annual Visit
I'm sure it's not going to come as a surprise to anyone that Leah is as nice, kind, and down-to-earth as she is in her letters! My plan is to work on riding hills here in mostly flat Philadelphia, although I do live near the infamous Manyunk Wall that's on a famous bike race route (don't ask me which one; I don't know), so next year we can go on a longer ride, and remember to stop and take pictures! The view in her area is beautiful with mountains in the distance. One thing that I think most of us on this board share is a love of quality. It might start here with bikes, but I see it with discussions of accessories, nature, cameras and coffee. On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 10:37:07 AM UTC-4, Ryan Mallory Fleming wrote: > Which is a refreshing change, along with your great family stories, > Bicycle Belle > > Ryan Fleming in Winnipeg,Manitoba > > On Friday, 15 March 2019 13:19:55 UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: >> >> Thanks, All! I loved it. So fun. Roberta is a true gem and a brave woman >> for taking in the mountains with me. Bicycle scarves were all the rage and >> head tube angles and gear ratios never came up! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Mar 15, 2019, at 8:35 AM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> > >> > Sweet meet! Delightful to experience the femine Rivendell ride through >> you both! >> > >> > With abandon, >> > Patrick >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/rG93fRhiY3M/unsubscribe. >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Two Bicycle Belles in NV—2nd Annual Visit
Which is a refreshing change, along with your great family stories, Bicycle Belle Ryan Fleming in Winnipeg,Manitoba On Friday, 15 March 2019 13:19:55 UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > Thanks, All! I loved it. So fun. Roberta is a true gem and a brave woman > for taking in the mountains with me. Bicycle scarves were all the rage and > head tube angles and gear ratios never came up! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 15, 2019, at 8:35 AM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > wrote: > > > > Sweet meet! Delightful to experience the femine Rivendell ride through > you both! > > > > With abandon, > > Patrick > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/rG93fRhiY3M/unsubscribe. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com . > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > . > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Two Bicycle Belles in NV—2nd Annual Visit
Thanks, All! I loved it. So fun. Roberta is a true gem and a brave woman for taking in the mountains with me. Bicycle scarves were all the rage and head tube angles and gear ratios never came up! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2019, at 8:35 AM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch > wrote: > > Sweet meet! Delightful to experience the femine Rivendell ride through you > both! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/rG93fRhiY3M/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Two Bicycle Belles in NV—2nd Annual Visit
Sweet meet! Delightful to experience the femine Rivendell ride through you both! With abandon, Patrick -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Two Bicycle Belles in NV—2nd Annual Visit
This warms my heart. Thank you Roberta, Leah, and Riv! Shoji Arlington MA On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 10:25:33 PM UTC-4, REC (Roberta) wrote: > > Rivendell and the folks at the RBW board have made my life better! Besides > riding and loving my most awesome Joe Appaloosa, I’ve gotten a chance to > meet a few of you through group rides, emails and the board. > > Circumstances happen that Leah, aka Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!, and my > sister live near each other in the same sprawling NV city. So, when I > commented last year that I visit every March, Leah immediately invited me > to meet for coffee and chat. Three hours later, which seemed like just > 10 minutes, we parted as friends. > > So this March, Leah suggested a bike ride. Whoa! Philadelphia is FLAT, > where I could ride for two hours and perhaps have a 350’ elevation if I > searched for one. She does not live in a hilly area, but in a > mountainous area! An incline to her is a hill to me. Don’t worry she > told me. There is a small path that runs through a residential area that > we can go. > > On the day of our planned bike ride, my sister lent me her car and helmet. > However, the day started out with me not knowing how to open an automated > garage door! (I don’t have a garage, but park under the stars.) It took > 10 minutes of texting my sister and brother-in-law until he told me how to > open the door. I kept texting Leah that I’d be there ASAP, but I’m stuck > inside a garage! She was so kind, saying if needed she’d pick me up, > since I was still able to walk out the front door. > > I got to ride her TBBITW (The Best Bike in the World) Betty Foy on the way > out and her husband’s Clem on the way back. They both rode wonderfully, > more upright with their Bosco bars than my Joe A. with its Choco-moose > bars, and perfect for a leisurely ride and conversation. All three are > delightful bikes. My plan was to keep my Joe A. until I couldn’t swing > my leg over it, and then replace it with a Cheviot, the next iteration of > the Betty. Thanks to Leah letting me ride her TBBITW, I know that is a > good plan. > > We talked about everything—kids, family, bikes, Rivendell, salt water > pools, organic chicken and quality food, health care, school, scarves. We > talked about bikes and the fact that both of us were so happy with our > Rivendell bikes that we don’t really want any others. *Well*… perhaps in > a most perfect world, she would have a fabulous red low step through Riv, > and I would have a Homer to keep at work for after work riding (Joe A. > would reside at my home for weekend rides). In the meantime, we’ll be > buying whatever we can from Rivendell to support them. We want them to > be around for the long term. > > In fact, we had such a great time talking and riding, we forgot to take > pictures of our ride, but did so afterwards. There is one of us each > enjoying a cup of incredibly delicious coffee at her favorite coffee > emporium and one of us with her sweet dog, her TBBITW, and her husband’s > Clem. If you look closely, we are both wearing scarves with bicycle > motifs—hers given to her by her friend who made both and mine given to me > by my friend Leah. > > Four and one half hours later we said goodbye. I fondly remember the day > and look forward to next March. > > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
