My guess is that with tires, stem, handlebars, tires, etc, etc that the VO Poly gets up to $1000 pretty easy which is the cost of the Surly he mentions.
On Jul 17, 1:12 pm, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought Grant's little musings were nice -and reassuring given my > recent Bleriot purchase - but I wonder if he's being obtuse and > purposefully ignoring the Velo-Orange Polyvalent or finds something > seriously wrong with it. > > On Jul 17, 12:08 pm, manueljohnacosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Grant's new post intrigued some thoughts within my weary brain. Found > > on the Rivendell site. > > > "Now almost every bike abovet $300 has a shock fork and almost no bike > > below a Surly is steel. Fuji has one. Raleigh has eleven. Raleigh's > > slogan in the ancient days, way before mom and dad met, was "The All- > > Steel Bicycle", and I think Raleigh now is trying to recapture the > > spirit, maybe. > > > It would be so easy to tig-weld a cheap bike that was Affordable Yet > > Fully Wholeheartedly Endorseable, but we're locked in to lugs, and > > it's staying that way. Over the years we've talked a little about > > making a Super Cheap with lugs, but the lower limit isn't all that > > low, because the labor is so much more intensive. > > > It makes some sense, though. Everybody needs a beater and too many > > people are afraid to make their Rivbike into the bike they can lock > > outside the movie theater or bookstore for a few hours. I'm thinking > > of a way to do it, and it's not looking likely, but it's not been > > ruled out yet, either, and it's not a front-burner project. I will get > > to it if at all in many moons." > > > I for one love my bleriot. The ride and the functionally has far > > surpassed my expectations. I make it my bike to do anything with, > > short of fast road rides( more because I'm not strong enough and I'm > > too stubborn to leave the carradice bag at home). Over the course of a > > half of year after owning my bleriot this bike has turned into some > > what a "beater" in a sense that I don't mind leaving it outside out at > > a farmers market locked with an irish strap. My nicks and scratches > > have far pass the point of beasuage and the low model campy components > > aren't holding up well because of the abused/misuse. But I don't feel > > bad for that I'm using the bike for it's purposes despite being a > > covet "Rivendell Bike. Just curious of how others treat their > > rivendells? Are they really used to their full potential? Or locked > > away shameless in the garage because of their face value? > > > -Manny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
