+1 on all that, especially horizontal drops On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> > 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 <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> 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 rbw-owners-bunch@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. > > > > > > -- > > 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-bunch@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. > > > > -- > "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 rbw-owners-bunch@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. > > -- 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-bunch@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.
