Is it legit? Does anybody know the provenance of these bikes?
The Alex website says the manufacturer is Rivendell. But surely these are Toyo-made Rabous, right? I could be wrong, but my guess is that these bikes went from Toyo to Alex without stopping in Walnut Creek. If Alex and/or Toyo are selling these for a profit, it would be legit for Grant/Riv to get a cut, no? - David G in San Diego, not trying to rain on any ram-boo-yay parade, just curious > On Jul 13, 2015, at 9:25 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Too legit to quit! > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That's just tremendous. >> >> >>> On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 4:37:57 PM UTC-7, T.O.M. wrote: >>> >>> First and foremost, a big thank you to Bill for this post and for sharing >>> his "surprising" discovery! By that I mean, the NOS Rambouillets at Alex's >>> Cycles in Japan.. A little background, I'd owned and ridden a >>> "Rivendellicious Blue" 54cm Ram, loved that bike, but, it was just a tad >>> too big for my 5' 6" body. So I sadly let it go; the new owner a list >>> member had posted an ISO/WTB for a 54 Ram on this site. Shortly after >>> shipping the Ram to its new home, and thinking I'd never find a 52cm Ram, I >>> posted ISO/WTB for a 51cm Roadeo. Didn't get a single reply, not surprised, >>> there may not be one out in the wild in that size or if there is the owner's >>> not letting it go. Anyway............ >>> >>> Tuesday July 7th, 7:13 pm Arizona time, Alex's Cycles accepts my online >>> order for a Blue 520mm Rambouillet......Saturday July 11th, 10:18 am >>> Arizona time USPS delivers a box at my front door! Someone asked: "is >>> Alex's Cycles legit"? YES. Another question was: "how much to ship it to >>> USA"? In my case, $80.60. From Osaka it came via Japan Post (EMS) to Los >>> Angeles, USA, after customs, USPS International Priority. >>> >>> Manny (T.O.M. aka T.he O.ther M.anny) >>> >>>> On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 5:00:35 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>> >>>> I still want to buy one of these: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.alexscycle.com/campee-1/camping-carrier/nitto-front-campee-cross-27-for-700c.html >>>> >>>> and I like that $160 price a lot better than the other prices I can find. >>>> While I wait for Alex's to have my rack back in stock, I visit their site a >>>> couple days a week. Imagine my surprise when I saw this item for sale: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.alexscycle.com/frames/other-en-2-3-4-5/rivendell-rambouillet-frame-and-front-fork.html >>>> >>>> A Rambouillet frameset in stock. It looks like they only have 50cm Blue >>>> actually in stock, but still I was surprised. $1385US plus shipping. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
