DH's new bike is ready!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Thanks you guys!

He is on his way there now to get it!- and all day round trip, he'll be home this evening.
I hope to feel well enough for us to go for a frosty breakfast ride tomorrow- I'm psyching myself into recovery. Hopefully on Sunday I may be able to get him to pose with his new bike and put some photos up.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed right now that all is well and the bike will be all he hoped it would be.

[massbikebabe]

Lisa,

I go to Harris all the time and next to my LBS, it is my FAVORITE!!! The folks there are so helpful and go the extra mile for all of their cutomers. I give them 10 stars. To bad you are not coming with DH, all us Massachusettes girls are getting together tomorrow.


karen

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and bike have arrived home save and happy!!!

It's a beauty! The custom green looks a bit different from what we envisioned (don't they always? you get so you expect that) but it is gorgeous and dh is thrilled. It's like the Rivendell pea-sage green but a bit darker. He's excitedly tinkering about with the bike in the living room right now, adjusting brakes, seat... I'm so happy for him, he's deserved a nice bike for so long.
It "might" be possible to ride to breakfast tomorrow morning with a short spin -if it's at least 25 degrees maybe and no winds. Today was WAY too cold to ride anyway. There will still some rideable days left though. I can't wait for us both to be riding our little brace of Rambouillets around town!
I'll see if I can take a few photos on sunday. Too much to do tomorrow, with a bunch of friends coming over in the afternoon for sweet potato soup and music playing in front of the fire. I feel very lucky and blessed right now.

P.S. Elton at Harris was great. He's the one we dealt with when I got MY Rambouillet 5 months ago.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa,
To bad you are not coming with DH, all us Massachusettes girls are getting together tomorrow.
karen

I know, I seem to miss all the action "out west" here near the western MA border. Maybe I should open a western cowgirl saloon to attract more TE'ers out here. (remember "Miss Kitty"?)

[Bad JuJu]

I wish I had one of those bikes just so I could say "Rambouillet" over and over again, or "brace of Rambouillets"--I love the way it rolls off the tongue.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I wish I had one of those bikes just so I could say "Rambouillet" over and over again, or "brace of Rambouillets"--I love the way it rolls off the tongue.

I wasn't sure whether the plural of Rambouillet should have an s at the end or not- what do you think? Rambouillet is a French town(city?), they also breed famous sheep there called ramouillet sheep, named after the town.
For those who may wonder- Rambouillet is pronounced sort of like:
ram-boo-YAY!
(I believe one should always say it with a certain joie de vivre.)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

P.S. To Bad JuJu.....

Hiya kids! Hiya hiya!...BOING!!!! (Yes! I remember!)

[divingbiker]

Lisa, I have a couple of questions about the Rambouillet for you.

On the Rivendell web site at http://www.rivbike.com/bikes/rambouillet it says "The Rambouillet’s stock gearing is 48×36×26 in front, and 11×32 in back."

On the Harris Cyclery web site at http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/rambouillet.html it says "The Rambouillet comes stock with a 12x27 9-speed cassette..."

I assume the Rivendell folks are right, since they should know what they build. Can you confirm? (My 50 year old overweight legs really need more low gears than I've got, so if I'm going to dream about a new bike I might as well make it one that will take me up hills more easily.)

Also, what do you think of the bar end shifters? I think I fall into the camp of people mentioned on the Rivendell web site who shift too often because the STI shifters are just too handy.

And can you get the Rambouillet in any of their colors? I've decided I'm never going to have another bike that isn't red.

Thanks in advance...

[Bad JuJu]

P.S. To Bad JuJu.....

Hiya kids! Hiya hiya!...BOING!!!! (Yes! I remember!)

Hah! I knew somebody would remember Andy and Froggy!

[Bad JuJu]

For those who may wonder- Rambouillet is pronounced sort of like:
ram-boo-YAY!
(I believe one should always say it with a certain joie de vivre.)

Not to mention a certain je ne sais quoi!

I think the plural should end in -s when written, but not when spoken, since final consonants are generally silent en Francais, if I remember my undergrad French correctly (and it's entirely possible that I don't).