I guess that the Xmart crowd often (not always, of course) spends high $ on cars and big trucks a lot fancier than many listers own, along with big TVs, electronic junk and fancy phones/service, at least to judge by what I see in the parking lot and on the shelves at my (as rare as possible) trips to the WalMart near my mother's house.
I hope the new bike has horizontal dropouts. On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Peter Morgano <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately everyone cant own a Rivendell, it is a bit of a luxury item > but one that is beautiful and functional. So unlike a set of earrings or a > new watch you can actually do something with a 2k Rivendell. This new > project will at least lower that cost restriction but it will still be > "insane" for the Xmart crowd and those who get 30 year old racing bikes for > 200 bucks off of CL but if does help to bring them into the fold. Looking > at the site they have a complete Simpleone for $1,400 which they said is > about thier target on this new bike. I suppose if you used cheaper tubing > and did a solid color powdercoat you could get some microshift stuff on > there for around the same price point. > > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Beth H <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 10:00:45 PM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: >>> >>> Beater Rivendell? I thought all Rivendells are suppose to be ridden to >>> the ground? >>> >> >> Well, yeah. Which is why some aspects of this development make me scratch >> my head. >> >> "Cheap"? $1,400 ain't cheap if you're an hourly-wage worker. It isn't even >> "affordable". Perhaps find a different word. >> "Value-packed", maybe. >> >> My shop does this with Surly Big Dummy frames. We build them up with a >> smart combination of new and used parts to keep the total price under >> $2,000. This is how you make bicycle transportation more affordable and more >> accessible. >> >> While I applaud RBW's stance on avoiding stuff made in China, I predict >> that this will become harder and harder to do -- and in a relatively short >> time. And when that happens, further developments at RBW will be interesting >> to watch. >> >> Off to ride my BGR (Beautiful Green Riv) -- further into the ground. >> >> Cheers --Beth >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/JtO_wsfK12UJ. >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- "Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you." Flannery O'Connor ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
