On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 15:10 -0700, Jim Cloud wrote: > Steve, I think the term production is a little strained for bicycles > produced in a facility that still requires many hand operations by a > skilled craftman. These operations, I suspect, do not involve much > that would be common with a production operation in a modern factory > with robot welding, etc. Surely, the total yearly production of > frames by Waterford must be miniscule compared to a real factory > operation.
There's robot welders/mass production, and then there's production in the sense of how Toyo or Santana operate. Let's set the jigs to make 59 cm frames. Let's cut tubes to make 20 59cm, and let's braze them up. Now let's reset and make some 56s. And so on. Where in there is the opportunity to add some special braze-ons for some individual customer? Nowhere that I can see. If you want a bespoke frame, Riv has customs for that. > If you look at some of the options available on Waterford's own > models, for example: > http://waterfordbikes.com/now/pricelist.php?newstype=14seriesO. > there are many options available. Again, I still can't see why there > could not be more flexibility for the Roadeo model options. Those are customs, right? And not to put too fine a point on it, just because you can't see why there can't be more flexibility doesn't mean there isn't a valid reason. > As I > stated at the outset, I'm not in the market, however if I was I'd > expect something more accommodating for a $2,000 frame. You can get a Roland De La Santa custom for two thousand bucks, too. I'd suggest that would be a much better fit for you, if you find yourself in the market. Besides, nobody would mock the name, as they surely will with this one. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
