Oh snap! The point had been completely lost on me that those of you who bought a Rosco Bubbe were buying for yourself a $1050 made in the USA frameset. It being ordered from Waterford.
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:58:04 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Yes, if you signed up for Rosco expecting it to be as cheap or cheaper > than Clem, then that was never going to happen, and you are naturally > disappointed. If you prefer and want to pay more for lugs, then Rosco > Round 1 again was naturally going to be a disappointment. > > Here I am trying to think of reasons to pay extra for that insanely cool > rocket headbadge and the awesome funkatube. My son has been using my > wife's Yves Gomez. Maybe he needs a Rosco. We are planning several S24O's > this summer. He definitely will fit it now and definitely will never make > it to >6'1" so he'll never outgrow it. It's like I can't afford not to buy > one. > > On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:26:36 PM UTC-7, Richard Rios wrote: >> >> I am on the list and was really hoping for a bike I would "need"!). In >> the end Bubbe just didn't tick the right boxes for me. Also I was kinda >> thrown off by the price. I mean you can get a complete Clem for 1300 right >> now and a Hillborne or Appa frame for 1300. So not sure why I'd pay 1050 >> for just a frame and "free" fork that locks me into swept back bars and is >> TIG welded. Also if you end up going with the Sam build kit you arnt that >> much off in price for a bike that is roughly functionally the same and >> arguably better looking (lugs) i like um for only a couple a hundred bucks >> more. I guess there is the whole USA vs Taiwan thing but im guessing the >> fork is still MIT. Any way perhaps I am missing the point... > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
