On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 11:06:09 AM UTC-8, James Valiensi wrote: > > > Rivendell will make you a custom frame, but custom to a point. A friend of > mine wanted a custom Rivendell, he loved everything about them except the > sloping top tube. He wanted it dead flat (Custom road frames have a mild > up-slope of 3-deg or so). They refused the order. > Try and get disk brakes or a 1-1/8” head tube on a Rivendell custom, I > doubt it will happen. >
Rivendell/Grant had made it clear <https://www.rivbike.com/collections/framesets/products/custom-framesets> that a custom Rivendell isn't "what the customer wants, whatever that is", but their interpretation of *their* style of bike, except made specifically to fit the customer's dimensions (with accoutrements like pump pegs, and other minor design features exempted). It makes sense, since part of what you're paying is your designer/builder's expertise to execute a particular design theme harmoniously, so trying to squeeze in design elements that run counter to the designer/builder's philosophy won't help things, and may in fact make things worse because you may be forcing the designer/builder to venture into territory that (s)he may not have expertise in. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/736ad338-d185-4e6e-91d5-f37916edc51e%40googlegroups.com.
