think about staying in business and making money. sell more framesets, sell more parts, sell more complete bikes.
surlys are sorta ugly. surly have ugly decals and are heavy, and don't think there are quill stemmed ones either. think about a bike that looks as great as an orange or green Sam, that rides great, looks great, and cost 30% less. On Dec 10, 1:40 pm, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:38 PM, eflayer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know it goes against the grain of everything we stand for here. > > Actually, what do we stand for here? But don't you think Riv/Grant > > could do a really really good job on a tigged frameset. No need to > > sully the Riv name or brand, but maybe a Toyota type thing...and the > > lugged Rivs could be the Lexuses. There are currently a lot of > > entries in the tigged Riv-like bike set. But somehow I think Grant's > > attention to color, geometry, style could equal the best of the lot. > > > Just thing a beautifully tigged Riv bike at maybe $650? > > > He could call it the Tiggua brand. > > I thought the name for that brand was surly. > > Seriously though, what would be the point? Rivendell made it's name as > lugged, steel. Changing that now doesn't do anything than dilute the > brand as far as I can tell. > > -sv -- 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.
