> Apples to oranges. We do not know the quality of the VO stock frames. > They haven't arrived yet. Bruce compared the Toyo-built Rambouillet to > the Coast-built VO Randonneur.
That is a hard one for Toyo. Coast may not get the attention some builders do, but he is awfully close if not at the level of Goodrich or Nobillette. The way Coast lugs taper to the frame reminds me of the classic Masis. On Sep 13, 5:55 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 15:51 -0700, JoelMatthews wrote: > > But VO quality is an unknown for the time being. VO has stopped all > > the semi-custom sourcing from John Coast and Ahren of Banjo Cycles in > > favor of a factory in Taiwan. In fact, I wonder if VO will be using > > the same factory Riv is using for its Taiwan bikes. > > Apples to oranges. We do not know the quality of the VO stock frames. > They haven't arrived yet. Bruce compared the Toyo-built Rambouillet to > the Coast-built VO Randonneur. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
