As I understand it, this isn't the first time that GP has designed a bike for another maker concurrently with Riv and then marketed them through Riv as well, the other most obvious examples being the Herons, dating from around the turn of the century. My wife recently bought one of these frames used, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't make any mention of being designed by GP anywhere on it. Furthermore, it has completely different lugs and geo (no gentle TT slope, less pronounced headtube extension). But still, sitting next to my Quickbeam, it's pretty easy to see the family resemblance!
The San Marcos even uses some/all of the Riv lugs, doesn't it? Another thing is, if you get a bike from Riv, you're not just getting the frame design, you're getting a bike sized by them and built up using their preferred parts, which ends up being pretty distinctive. To people in the know, even if it doesn't say Rivendell anywhere on it, it's pretty easy to see where it came from. Check out the Soma Fab blog and flickr stream, you'll see plenty of San Marcos' built up by other shops, and with a lot of them it's pretty clear they didn't come from Riv. Sized much smaller (bars well below seat in current roadie fashion), much different component spec with brifters, short reach handlebars, etc. Plus I really like the existing San Marcos headbadge. Having seen it it person, it looks amazing! On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:17:25 PM UTC-7, Doug Williams wrote: > > I’m looking at getting a San Marcos from Rivendell soon. Of course, I > would REALLY prefer a Roadeo, if only I could find another $1,300. But I > digress. > > As a big Rivendell fan, I have to say that the one annoying thing about > the San Marcos is the lack of anything (other than the very small print on > the chainstay) that mentions that it is a Rivendell. Well, we can’t do > anything about the decals (they have clear-coat over them) but what about > the headbadge? Couldn’t Riv put a Rivendell headbadge on the San Marcos for > those frames purchased from Riv HQ and fully assembled by Rivendell elves > with all parts purchased from Rivendell? > > Sounds petty, I know. But reading the web, I am not the only one with this > petty hang-up. A Rivendell headbadge could be a big incentive for people to > buy the San Marcos from Rivendell instead of Amazon (or wherever). > > I hear that a blow dryer will soften up the glue and allow the San Marcos > headbadge to be easily removed and replaced with a Rivendell one. J Of > course, I don’t know what the Riv contract with Soma might say about this. > > Doug > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
