Just in the case of Quickbeam / SimpleOne there might be a specific reason that applies.
QB was made in Japan by Panasonic. SimpleOne frame will come from Taiwan as I understand it and is the fork going to be from Japan?. QB was only ever available as a complete bike AFAIK. SimpleOne can be had as just frame and fork, I believe. I could be remembering all this incorrectly. The different names are to distinguish the two different bikes *and* their origins although they have the same design. Yes? Big Redwoods might have had some different tubes than Romulus even though the geometry was the same. Just a guess. Grant wanted the big guys to feel special so he gave it a different name. You know how the big guys are always whining and complaining about no frames to fit them. Boo Hoo. Poor big guys. Under this logic, technically the canti-Roms should have had a different name, too, so maybe I have the whole thing wrong. I think by the time GP realized the canti-Roms were on the way it was too late to give them a different name. Remember, they were kind of unintended and produced due to a less than perfect communication. -jb - has a 58 QB and two 59 Romulus bikes and is not looking for a fight with any big guys - in Minneapolis. But if you are a big guy lets say I am in Buffalo, Wyoming. Yeah, that's where I am. On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've wondered about this for a while, and it's been percolating around > my brain for a couple of days in earnest. Why do you think Rivendell > changes model names and house brands the way they do? > > The "Quickbeam" is now the "SimpleOne," but it appears to be the same > design. > The Bombadil changed from a double top tube to a diaga-tube and kept > its name. > The Romulus' two tallest sizes were a whole 'nother model, the > Redwood. > Bagginses out, Sackvilles in. > > On the other hand, the Atlantis has been in production for a decade, > unchanged even in color (as far as I know). > > Do you think it's just for fun? Is there's a magic notebook of awesome > bike names that Grant is working through? Is it a way to differentiate > price points on similar bikes? > > Hoping I'm not the only one who wonders these things, > Philip > > Philip Williamson > www.biketinker.com > > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- 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.
