Originally Posted by Kilroy1988

RiddleOfSteel Very well put! I personally read Tolkien and Kipling and watch birds and do landscape painting and write poetry and carve leather things, and all sorts of innocuous stuff, as you would put it... And indeed, I am quite attracted to that aspect of Rivendell bicycles. If I had to choose the sort of bicycle I'd want to take for a long ride through a beautiful landscape, it would probably function and look much like a Rivendell - maybe it would be a Rivendell. I'd want to be sitting mostly upright with my eyes on the scenery, relaxed and with a smile on my face and no worries about how far I'd gone or when I'd be where. I wouldn't even want to have to think about the bicycle much.

But I also love military vehicles and hot rods and flashy logos and am always trying to ride or run a bit further or faster, and that makes me admire bicycles just like the ones you build up! Riding a bicycle that can help give me an edge over myself yesterday only means I'll be able to push along that much more.

Thankfully, there's room for both worlds in most stables, even when they are as small as mine!

-Gregory