Maybe the reason Rivendell never drew attention to the fact that you can order some retired models is that few if any customers had ever asked before now, much less actually ordered one.
As for letting "the market decide," I assume that if, say, the Legolas had been a huge money maker, they would have kept it in the line-up. Even now that we know about the possibility, how many of us here are going to pull the trigger on one of these $3,000 semi-customs? Enough to make a real difference to Rivendell's yearly profit? Regarding the price difference, I was told that Grant's design fee doesn't figure in. On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 8:16:32 PM UTC-8, tc wrote: > > I think that there’s middle ground to be had here. > > If Riv can find a builder that will make a frame that people are willing > to pay for, and provide them with some profit (enough to make it worth it), > then this is a win-win. My understanding is that already-designed frames > with blueprints are simply waiting on a (quality) frame builder who has the > bandwidth to make them. The “market” will decide if it’s worth it. > > If I decided that I wanted a new Legolas (or whatever the new name would > be), I assume the price would be somewhere between a Rodeo and a custom. It > should not cost as much as a custom because the design was done long ago. > It’s a matter of picking a size and colors. > > I’d call Riv, ask them to pick up the phone, -- 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/d90f3e09-c58e-4929-a035-c6a57cd752cf%40googlegroups.com.
