That Trek is very nice and VERY similarly spec'd and priced to the Surly LHT. I think once you break the $1000 barrier people no longer want to treat it as a beater.
On Jul 18, 3:44 pm, eflayer <eddie.fla...@att.net> wrote: > very mass produced with good parts = + $1000 > > http://www.fujibikes.com/LifeStyle/ClassicSeries/Touring.aspx > > On Jul 18, 11:32 am, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > what about the Handsome Devil? that could prob be built up for sub-$1K > > pretty easily. > > > On Jul 18, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Johnny Alien wrote: > > > > Those are both hi-tensile very low quality steel. I can't imagine > > > Rivendell doing anything like that even for a budget bike. The > > > Rivendell name still needs to go on it. Neither is anywhere near what > > > Surly or VO has. Even the lower level Bridgestones back in the day > > > were CrMo. I was looking for steel that might be something Grant would > > > possibly use.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
