Howdy folks. The welded Allez may well be a nice addition to the market, but there really isn't anything very classic about a welded steel frame (other than the steel). Sure, there are truly classic road bike that were welded (typically gas welded I believe) but it was never common on good road bikes before the rise of the mountain bike. IMHO only somebody quite ignorant about road bikes would lump a lugged, Waterford built frameset in the same category as a Taiwan welded frame with a carbon fiber fork (just guessing on the fork)...
Doug On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:17 PM, James Warren <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Esteban <[email protected]> > >This bike could achieve some real cross-over appeal with the folks who > >pass me on the Coast Highway. > > > > But it will have some tough competition from Specialized's steel Allez that > they are re-introducing next year. The two bikes are actuallly quite > different (for example, the steel Allez will come with downtube shifters and > has short chainstays), but I think many of the cross-over people you are > talking about will lump them together as "classic steel". However, the > welded steel Allez will be much lower in price. > > I myself prefer the Rivendell and know the thought they put into things, > but with that quality comes a legit high pricetag, and that limits the > crossover appeal, because people oversimplify things. > > -James > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
