tc asked if a Legolas is easier/cheaper for riv to sell, compared to a custom.
Yes, the design is totally complete for the Legolas. When I order one, they just order a 57, and M. Nobilette already knows exactly what that is. So a Legolas is quite a bit less expensive than a custom. With a custom, you work with Grant to decide what you are going to do on your bike and then Grant designs a bike for you. It is not the kind of 'custom' where you tell Riv exactly the geometry and tubing you want, and they build it. It's a Grant design for you. I got to specify several little details, and that's easy. I wanted clearance for Steilacooms, not 33mm cross-racing tires. That's easy. I'm running Mini-moto linear-pull brakes so I wanted no rear brake hanger. I wanted discrete fender attach points and no rack braze ons on the stays or fork blades. I wanted no pump peg. I chose a head tube decal over a head badge. Those were 'customized' options. The only tiny geometry tweak is that the top tube has a TINY bit more slope than normal. 2-degrees instead of 1.5-degrees. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 6:22:07 AM UTC-7, tc wrote: > > Wow Bill (and Roman) - nice! I never really thought about it, but I guess > any former Riv model can be made as a 'custom'. Is there something about > the Legolas that makes it easier/cheaper for Riv to do this? > -- 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.
