Actually, if you are going to make a quality home, steel and cement framing are the better way to go.
The AHH is not a custom bike. If the buyer wants to spec tubing, find a builder who will use the tubing of your choice. Many builders, including those considered among the best, will accept little, if any, client direction on tubing choice. Which says all I need to know about the value of knowing the tubes used for your bike. On Feb 10, 8:45 am, Peter Pesce <[email protected]> wrote: > About newenglandbike's wood analogy, I think a more accurate analogy > might be that knowing the TYPE of wood is important, but knowing the > BRAND is probably not. You certainly want to know your house is being > built of a certain grade and species, but whether that wood comes from > Weyerhauser or Georgia-Pacific makes no difference. > To bring this back OT, it makes complete sense to want to know that > your bike is made of good material. In Riv's case, many of us are fine > with Grant's "trust me, it's good." But I think many riders have a > legitimate desire to know more. You may have found you like the ride > of bikes with certain tubing specs (though I doubt one could discern > between brands with the same specs) and as mentioned above one may > have specific concerns about durability or other things. > As I have said before, Riv/Grant only seem to end up creating grief > for themselves when they share too much - the confusion around the > multi-ethnic Sam Hillbornes being only the latest example. It goes > against their "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" message > - find a builder you trust, trust them (it's good), and just get out > and ride. > Maybe Grant is the "Wizard of Walnut Creek"? ;-) > > -Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
