Loving my bike...

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It's an interesting process....thanks for your comments.

I'm in PDX --where Sweetpea is--- and I think of her kinda like the Sasha White for women...but that may be because her bikes have that distinctive "portland" look that I associate with Vanilla. I love what Richard Sachs said about her in Bicycling, something like... she had a wisdom and soulfulness beyond her years..

Looking at them...from this great distance....they seem to have a different aesthetic..again, Natalie has that retro modern look, while Luna bikes seem more "athletic"...I'm overstating a general impression...but there is a difference. It may be predicated as much on my impression of the people as their bikes...

Georgina Terry has a forum and she mentioned she could build me a decal less lugged gloss black bike....but I don't know about custom....and since I ride that smaller size, I'd have to do those 2 diff. wheels which I'm not wild about...

I started a little side account for squirreling away some money for this...I think it's a great idea ....and I'm so damn fussy about looks, I think it would be an awesome process at the end of which you'd have this amazing bike that was heaven to ride....price per mile? priceless!