Vanilla Bicycles

[elk]

I just watched this little movie about Sacha White who builds lugged steel bikes here in PDX...you probably know know way more about this than I....

but it was kind of a sweet film with some lovely pictures...
http://www.butteredmuffin.com/?gclid...FRY9YQodCURfLg

[boy in a kilt]

Sacha is an artist.

By all accounts, he gets a little flak because he's "too young" but his work speaks for itself. Too bad there's about a two year wait for one of his frames.

[sgtiger]

[sg stamps foot with hands on hips]
BIAK, when you talked me into a custom bike you lured me with a Vanilla. I don't see no Vanilla 'round here. The old bait and switch. Tsk! Tsk! Yeah, you can use that two year wait as an excuse, but I'm gonna expect you to pay up eventually.

I do love my Rodriguez though. Thank-you, honey!

[elk]

in the film he says the wait is up to 4 years!!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

[sg stamps foot with hands on hips]
BIAK, when you talked me into a custom bike you lured me with a Vanilla. I don't see no Vanilla 'round here. The old bait and switch. Tsk! Tsk! Yeah, you can use that two year wait as an excuse, but I'm gonna expect you to pay up eventually.

I do love my Rodriguez though. Thank-you, honey!

I think it is way more than a two year wait.

Yeah, what's up with a bait n' switch!? BAD boy in a kilt!

At least my DH supported me in getting a Rivendell as my first bike a year ago, even when he had no way of knowing if I'd ride it more than a week or two. (that was about 4500 miles ago...)

[sgtiger]

Lisa, the poor guy had no idea about the long waiting period when he proposed the idea. He did feel a little bad about it, though. And I'm sure if I had wanted to wait that long, we would have gone with that. But I needed a bike I could ride NOW! I really am happy with my custom Rodriguez. It was a great experience to go with a local builder anyway. There's something about meeting the people who are involved with building my bike and them explaining to me the process. Nicest bunch of people and very supportive to a to an ignorant newb. They even let me tighten a bolt so that I could say I worked on it. I feel lucky that such great energy went into it. Oh, and did I tell yah, my favorite mechanic built my wheels. Yep, BIAK!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, the poor guy had no idea about the long waiting period when he proposed the idea. He did feel a little bad about it, though. And I'm sure if I had wanted to wait that long, we would have gone with that. But I needed a bike I could ride NOW! I really am happy with my custom Rodriguez. It was a great experience to go with a local builder anyway. There's something about meeting the people who are involved with building my bike and them explaining to me the process. Nicest bunch of people and very supportive to a to an ignorant newb. They even let me tighten a bolt so that I could say I worked on it. I feel lucky that such great energy went into it. Oh, and did I tell yah, my favorite mechanic built my wheels. Yep, BIAK!

Oh, ok, then it's totally cool!

Yes, having only one bike changes all the rules. I had to have a bike RIGHT away too....I was riding a borrowed hybrid which had to go back to its owner within 4 weeks! Luckily, there was a production Rambouillet in my size in stock and ready to go. I was lucky. DH had to wait 6 months for his....but then again he had his nice old Trek steel hybrid to ride in the meantime. I had....zippo!

I had my eye on those Vanilla bikes too....until I realized the waiting list time. By the time I get it, I'd probably need a walker attachment.
Sorry, but I gotta do my riding NOW!

Oh, and yes- my FAVORITE bike mechanic as well is my DH- he's a genius! I'm so lucky.

[boy in a kilt]

I really did want to get her a vanilla. I'd known for a few years that a custom frame would be the only way to go and they don't come much prettier than vanillas.

However, I readily admit to tricking her into spending as much as we did on her bike. If I'd admitted up front that it would've cost about $3k out the door, I'm not sure she would've bought off on it.