Rivendell Coffee Ride

[jimD]

Did my standard irregular coffee ride.

I woman noticed the bike and wondered where I'd come from.
I replied that I'd come from 11 miles away. She thought I was from England.

These pictures may show the perceptual differences.
I think Modern, others thing Old School.

Modern:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasterdogs/8039625142/in/photostream/

Old School:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasterdogs/8039571067/in/photostream/


-JimD

[PATRICK MOORE]

It's the saddlebag and the lugs. Very nice in color -- sorry, colour -- btw.

Patrick "starting to crave a Nelson Longflap again" Moore

-JimD

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Shoulda' gone with sepia; old-timey and artsy all in one!

-JimD

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[Robert Barr]

Jim, I am curious about the age of the woman who commented on your bike. I had a strikingly different comment last week at my local coffee shop (I detect some similar tendencies with this group). For the second time in about two weeks I was complimented on my "new style" commuting bike. My new style bike is a 1993 MB3, with Alba bars, Brooks saddle, and Nitto racks front and back. A large Wald basket sits on the back. The girl that commented on my bike said she likes the look of the new commuting bikes and was hoping to buy a Surly. She said her father and his friends like to ride old racing bikes and wear funny bike outfits (her words!). The week before a student made a similar comment, and asked were he could buy a bike like mine because he wants to ride to work and old style bikes aren't good for that (again - his words). It all depends on what you remember. The girl at the coffee shop was probably the same age as my bike, and I am sure she has never seen English roadster. I think I know who her father is, and if I am correct he rides a very new Trek Madone. We will see what they say about my new Hunqapillar, it should be at the coffee shop next week.  Bob

[Reid]

On Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:14:57 PM UTC-7, Robert Barr wrote:

Jim, I am curious about the age of the woman who commented on your bike. I had a strikingly different comment last week at my local coffee shop (I detect some similar tendencies with this group). For the second time in about two weeks I was complimented on my "new style" commuting bike. My new style bike is a 1993 MB3, with Alba bars, Brooks saddle, and Nitto racks front and back. A large Wald basket sits on the back. The girl that commented on my bike said she likes the look of the new commuting bikes and was hoping to buy a Surly. She said her father and his friends like to ride old racing bikes and wear funny bike outfits (her words!). The week before a student made a similar comment, and asked were he could buy a bike like mine because he wants to ride to work and old style bikes aren't good for that (again - his words). It all depends on what you remember. The girl at the coffee shop was probably the same age as my bike, and I am sure she has never seen English roadster. I think I know who her father is, and if I am correct he rides a very new Trek Madone. We will see what they say about my new Hunqapillar, it should be at the coffee shop next week.  Bob

 

 

Just today on a ride to a coffee cafe (yeah that must be a theme with this group) that is on the local university campus, I saw massive bike parking areas with one hundred or more bikes in each area. Lovely! What I noticed, though, was that more than 95% were city/hybrid/cruiser/mountain bikes. I had to look really close to find a couple of drop-bar bikes in a group of 100.

 

I love having been around long enough to see things "cycle" 'round and 'round through the decades. Makes me think that I'm actually learning something about how the world works.

 

Reid

[jimD]

She was a woman 'of a certain age'.

I'm guessing that the Carradice bag, the Riv lugs, and, of course, my dashing countenance, are what inclined

the fine lady to think I might have been from elsewhere.  I get this a lot   ;>)

-JimD

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