Axchually, one wonders why the give the name "Allez Double" to this bike; I wonder how it compares in fit and feel to the other non-steel double?
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > The Allez looks fine to me as a low end road bike, though I wonder -- am > not complaining -- about the short chainstays. Isn't the Allez a sort of > nostalgia, budget copy of the RB 1? Sure, Rivendell could do better, but > you'd not be paying $810 for a complete bike, either. > > Patrick "most interesting bike in Riv lineup is the Rodeo -- tho' the > Bombadil would interest me if it took *fat* tires" Moore > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Donald Compton < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> the reach is too long! >> >> >> --- On *Fri, 12/18/09, eflayer <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: eflayer <[email protected]> >> Subject: [RBW] Re: is it ok to mention i saw a specialized tigged double >> steel allez? >> >> To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 6:50 PM >> >> >> i love lugs, and am a fan of riv...and wouldn't be interesting to see >> Specialized do this bike with well thought out geo and parts? >> >> On Dec 18, 5:53 pm, James Warren >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> > They screwed up the gearing and the shifter style. >> > >> > For not much more dough, this bike could have come with much more useful >> gearing and shifters on the handlebar (bar ends), and it would have probably >> appealled better to the people who'd likely stop to notice it. It's a really >> nice frame, and I think they messed up the complete bike. >> > >> > To keep this on-topic, I think this underscores the thought they put >> into things at Rivendell. >> > >> > -Jim W. >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >From: eflayer >> > ><[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > >> > >Sent: Dec 18, 2009 4:57 PM >> > >To: RBW Owners Bunch >> > ><[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > >> > >Subject: [RBW] is it ok to mention i saw a specialized tigged double >> steel allez? >> > >> > >in an lbs window today. not my geo, not my parts, but what a nicely >> > >really nicely tigged shiny red frameset. downtube shifters, etc. did >> > >i shiny bright red and almost no bumps in those joints >> > >> > >http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=45678&eid=4350 >> > >> > >-- >> > >> > >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]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> . >> > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+ >> [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> . >> > >For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text >> - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> >> 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]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+ >> [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > (505) 227-0523 > > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
