Steve, This is not about me. It is an idea. Please don't take it as an attack on everything you and Riv stand for. Just an idea. Companies can change mission and values if there is a good reason to do so. If part of the mission was to give more people a chance to ride a Grant designed masterpiece, with or without lugs...then tigged would all of sudden be part of the mission. Just because you and many others here don't see it, doesn't mean it can't or won't happen. Think of all the discussion we could have then. $700 tigged, $1000 Sam, $2000 Roadeo, $2500 custom. I'd buy it before Kogswell, Suly, SomaFab, Rawland, VO, etc. And I bet many others would too. So not about me, just an idea.
.\\ On Dec 11, 7:32 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 07:14 -0800, eflayer wrote: > > I am both impressed and dismayed with the degree of commitment to a > > single point of view. Whatever works works. Thinking there was a > > time when Grant thought he'd never leave Japan for Taiwan...and that > > time came. Granted, he is still making gorgeous lugged frames, now > > with cheaper labor. If Riv does make most of the profits on parts, > > then why not sell another Riv branded entry price gorgeous tigged > > frameset so more customers buy more parts? I see mostly upside for > > everyone and no downside. Except if it divides attention and leads to > > a loss of direction. But I'm betting a sharp marketeer such as is > > Grant Peterson could find a way to sell this kool aid to all of the > > naysayer in this group. > > It's Grant, not us, who have defined Rivendell's core value as lugged > steel. He's said before, it's what defines Rivendell. > > If that's true, what you're asking is for him to give up his core value, > lose his central focus, dilute his brand identity -- and all so you > could have a cheaper offering? Race to the bottom was never a Rivendell > value of any kind, why should it be one now? > > I think you're overlooking the obvious answer. Get a Surly LHT, get it > powdercoated in Atlantis green, put on a set of Resurrectio decals and > be happy. It's exactly the bike you want, and a price that Rivendell > could never match because of economies of scale. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
