On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 13:41 -0700, Rick wrote: > I think there are two distinctions that are helpful in separating the > bikes into overarching categories: place of manufacture and the > expanded geometry. The hillborne falls in the budget/less expensive > category (like the bleriot b/f it) b/c of its taiwanese place of > manufacture, yet is unlike the bleriot in terms of geometry; it has > the six degree sloping top tube, which I understand allows Riv to sell > four frame sizes and still fit most people. Bombadil also has the > expanded geometry, but is one of the Japanese and/or US-made frames > (like the AHH and Atlantis), and priced accordingly. > > So in a way you have more distinctions than in the Atlantis, > Quickbeam, Ram lineup, though the differences are qualitatively > different. We could plot them in a graph along these two > perpendicular axes (taiwan-japan, expanded geo - not). Or perhaps, in > terms of relative distance/direction from a core ideal, like, say, the > AHH. >
Trouble with that is it ignores tire width, type of brakes, "sportiness" and "geometry as it affects handling, not size". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
