Bah, humbug! I say, maintain, asserverate, assert, shout and yell out loud that, conceptually at least, if not financially or "marketing-wise" there is a gap in the Riv lineup, said gap being fillable with an update and inevitable improvement (for Grant's designs seem always to improve) of the RB-1 and original Riv Road Standard, scilicet, to wit and namely, a bike designed best for fast road riding and produced as cheaply as Riv's sources and design, build and materials principles allow. Now if you can design such a bike with room for fat tires and fenders and loads, all the better -- I have owned only customs (ahem) and all have been precisely of this ilk, namely lightish and fastish and not really off roadable nor designed for heavy loads, and I LOVE THEM. So I know whereof I speak.
I am sure you can find any number of Somas, Surleys, Bianchis and old Treks to suit, but they are not Rivendells, which is precisely my point. I am no bike marketing expert, but I'll bet anyone $100 (well, $20; let's make that $5) that there would be a market for a RB-1 clone and update; no? What say ye, Rivendellians of Walnut Creek? (BTW, if you make one, be sure it has horizontals so that I can ride it fixed.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
