Lines drawn in the sand don't lead to anything; they are something. Specialized was used to make the point that if you wander past your line in the sand one too many times, you can become just another generic bicycle company. Because it does not make sense to you where someone else decides to draw their line isn't the point, is it? Of course Rivendell could design a disc model, and they would of course sell some, and they could make it fit with the brand--or, more accurately, change the brand philosophy, which has repeatedly given reasons why discs are not needed for the company's bicycles--or indeed for the majority of most bicycles for most people most of the time. They have so far chosen not to make a bicycle for those times when a disc may have an advantage. So what. Crust is Crust. BMC is BMC. Rivendell is Rivendell. Why insist they all be uniquely the same? Vive la différence.
On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 11:05:32 PM UTC-5, drew wrote: > > Id ask what the line in the sand leads to? I’d like to think that > Rivendell is smart enough and creative enough to own a minor mechanical > change and figure out a way to make it fit with their brand. > > Somehow crust and bmc and many others have been able to remain unique > while embracing all sorts of modern componentry. Nobody is confusing them > with specialized. > > Again, I say this as a person who’s never owned a disc bike or a > threadless headset or brifters. It just doesn’t make sense to me to draw > lines in sands over stopping a bike with a big disc or a little ones. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
