One morning I arrived at RBW HQ slightly earlier than I had planned.
It was before they openned. There were Mark, Robert and Vaughn, all
three of them taking turns with the bucket and brush. They were
brushing and chatting with a familiarity and nonchalance that reminds
you of the glimpses of
I don't ride much in rain or mud, so my bikes get dirty mostly with dust
(8-9 annual rainfall here in high desert NM),
Northern Cali is pretty dry for about 9 months every year. I imagine
GP's bikes have dust, not grime on them. Provided GP is doing a good
job lubing the moving part (and I
I look at Grant's bikes and think there is a bike that's put to good
and proper use. Clean bikes look nice and all, but if it's between
cleaning a bike and getting out for a ride I'd rather go for a ride.
--mike
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
I look at Grant's bikes and think there is a bike that's put to good
and proper use. Clean bikes look nice and all, but if it's between
cleaning a bike and getting out for a ride I'd rather go for a ride.
Ditto. And if it's
Another one who rarely cleans the bike. Sure if I'm working on it in
the stand it might get a rub down. But only if I feel it needs it.
That A Homer Hilsen looks a lot nicer than my Sam Hillborne.
Funny, when I was a youngster, was sort of obsessive about cleaning
things. Now with middle age,
So you all confirmed what I already suspected, I am the strange one.
But western Colorado is not alot different than Northern California
with lots of summer dust.
And its alot like Albuquerque here too with the dust intermixed with
big monsoonal heavy rains.
I can't remember the last time I used
Bike cleaning? What is that of which you speak? Is that something
more than dripping Prolink on the chain and wiping the rims? :)
Ryan
On Jun 29, 12:19 pm, Mojo gjtra...@yahoo.com wrote:
So you all confirmed what I already suspected, I am the strange one.
But western Colorado is not alot
Odd, when I see pics of Grant's bike[s]... if they are especially
crusty-looking, I always end up emailing him and asking for him to
sell me one.
Something about 'well used' gets me excited... I think it translates
to Patina of Love. Better said, Use equals Love, Use is Patina...
so, Patina of
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:22 PM, S.Cutshall clotht...@gmail.com wrote:
Odd, when I see pics of Grant's bike[s]... if they are especially
crusty-looking, I always end up emailing him and asking for him to
sell me one.
Something about 'well used' gets me excited... I think it translates
to
But western Colorado is not alot different than Northern California
with lots of summer dust.
And its alot like Albuquerque here too with the dust intermixed with
big monsoonal heavy rains.
How can western Colorado be like Northern Cali and Albuquerque at the
same time? When it cools down in
Naw, he won't touch this subject via email with me... I think it
concerns him that a floodgate would be opened: in a few years people
would pester him, and eventually he'd have only new -clean- bikes in
his garage. And eBay would be loaded with Rivendell's Grant
Petersen's OWN Personal Bike type
My recollection from riding across Colorado is that the western part is all at
altitude (5,000 feet and up). NorCal (at least, the part near Sacramento that I
live in) is about 50 feet above sea level. We don't get nearly as much snow as
they do ;-)
--Eric
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On Jun 29, 2010,
I'm shocked you haven't started getting the same emails since you
retired BBC #1!
Seeing his AHH just makes me want one even more.
On Jun 29, 4:33 pm, S.Cutshall clotht...@gmail.com wrote:
Naw, he won't touch this subject via email with me... I think it
concerns him that a floodgate would be
On Jun 29, 4:38 pm, Justin August justinaug...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm shocked you haven't started getting the same emails since you
retired BBC #1!
Oddly, I have had 5 offers for it since I put up the post here, and
the fotorial over @The Flickr's.
The last offer was from a fellow in Japan, and
The last offer was from a fellow in Japan, and he offered just a touch
over 3x's what I paid to have it made...
Wow. Power of the internet!!
On Jun 29, 6:49 pm, S.Cutshall clotht...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 29, 4:38 pm, Justin August justinaug...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm shocked you haven't
During our wet and grimy winter, my bikes only achieve a state of
less dirty. And by that I mean the Bleriot, because the Lemond
doesn't go out on very wet days...inadequate fenderage, no lighting,
etc.
If I return from the ride and the bike is filthy, I might gently hose
it off before putting
Cleanliness is highly over-rated as a virtue. I don't always wash my
riding clothes that regularly either. As to the feet, well, they
clean up pretty good in the shower, no worries.
dougP
On Jun 29, 8:51 pm, JimD rasterd...@comcast.net wrote:
I've been looking more closely at the photo:
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