[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-07 Thread Phil Brown
On Mar 5, 10:32 am, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: naturally, however i think rivendell's lugs/crowns are exclusively their own I think that Grant would send a crown directly to an established builder. I know this policy has tightened up but I still think he'd do it. Phil

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-06 Thread Earl Grey
On Mar 5, 10:37 pm, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Beth H periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote: I LOVE this idea. If the refurbished frame were offered at a price I +1 - I'm thinking about breaking my self-imposed moratorium on buying new bicycles for this.

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-06 Thread bfd
On Mar 5, 1:38 am, Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/204 What a great idea! Agree and hope that Riv offers these bikes at a good price like 20% or more discount. I know many here will disagree with me, but I'm tired of Grant's constant carbon

RE: [RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-06 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
riders). -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bfd Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:22 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames On Mar 5, 1:38 am, Earl Grey

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-06 Thread Beth H
Gernot wrote: I do hope they come in at a significant savings over new ones (how about 33% off?). Well, too much of a discount would force Rivendell to eat the cost of repairs. I'd assume these are being handed over to a framebuilder for tube replacement and then off to a painter. Consider the

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-06 Thread doug peterson
The idea of mixed lugs seems fitting the term refixedup is catching. On the price question, I dunno, it's a lot of work to first take apart a frame enough to get the damaged parts out then re- build. Think re-modeling a kitchen. Probably a bit more to it than most of us realize. When we talk

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-06 Thread Marty
Grant just posted a nice piece on the S vs. C topic: http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/206 Pedal Steel - It Don't Mean a Thang If It Ain't Got That Twang Marty On Mar 6, 3:53 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The idea of mixed lugs seems fitting the term refixedup is

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread Beth H
I LOVE this idea. If the refurbished frame were offered at a price I could afford it could be a way for me to build up an Atlantis. ..::snif::.. But even if the price is still beyond me, what a great thing for Rivendell to do. Brilliant. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread Seth Vidal
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Beth H periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote: I LOVE this idea. If the refurbished frame were offered at a price I could afford it could be a way for me to build up an Atlantis. ..::snif::.. But even if the price is still beyond me, what a great thing for Rivendell

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread Alexander Burns
Along the same lines, I'd love to see Resurrectio (tm) forks available. Any hope there'll ever be such a thing (besides the Upgrade Fork already offered)? On Mar 5, 1:38 am, Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/204 What a great idea! Gernot -- You

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread newenglandbike
I've wished that myself- it would be nice to have replacement forks available for various models.Not sure how feasible that would be for Rivendell, though. On Mar 5, 11:24 am, Alexander Burns avanva...@gmail.com wrote: Along the same lines, I'd love to see Resurrectio (tm) forks available.

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread Phil Brown
On Mar 5, 8:32 am, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: I've wished that myself- it would be nice to have replacement forks available for various models.Not sure how feasible that would be for Rivendell, though. On Mar 5, 11:24 am, Alexander Burns avanva...@gmail.com wrote:

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread newenglandbike
naturally.not with rivendell's lugs though On Mar 5, 1:24 pm, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 5, 8:32 am, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: I've wished that myself- it would be nice to have replacement forks available for various models.    Not sure how

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread newenglandbike
naturally. however i think rivendell's lugs are exclusively their own On Mar 5, 1:24 pm, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 5, 8:32 am, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: I've wished that myself- it would be nice to have replacement forks available for various

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread newenglandbike
naturally, however i think rivendell's lugs/crowns are exclusively their own On Mar 5, 1:24 pm, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 5, 8:32 am, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: I've wished that myself- it would be nice to have replacement forks available for various

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread William
The perception of brilliance will depend a lot on the price. Some people will think that the refurbished frameset has to be less than half the price of original retail to be worth it. Those people, I guarantee you will be disappointed and will gripe that the refurbs are overpriced. Some others

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread Beardpapa
Exciting. Can't wait to see how they're priced. On Mar 5, 12:55 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: The perception of brilliance will depend a lot on the price.  Some people will think that the refurbished frameset has to be less than half the price of original retail to be worth it.  

[RBW] Re: Riv resurrecting and selling crashed frames

2010-03-05 Thread RoadieRyan
Looking forward to seeing these very green, very cool and hopefully very affordable ;-) On Mar 5, 11:44 am, Beardpapa gts...@gmail.com wrote: Exciting.  Can't wait to see how they're priced. On Mar 5, 12:55 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: The perception of brilliance will depend a