> Rather plain looking (compared to the VO, IMO), and dull finished. Taste is subjective. But to my eyes the King Iris cage is the better design. Rather than using a single large attachment plate, King uses two smaller plates (as on all King cages). Harder to do and more appealing to the eye. I'll take craftsmanship over shiny any day.
On Mar 8, 1:34 am, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > My mistake, I have the King cages that Riv sells, which are not the > Iris model: > > http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/waterbottles_and_cages#product=2... > > Rather plain looking (compared to the VO, IMO), and dull finished. > > Doug, do you have direct knowledge of how the VO cages are made? I'd > be rather surprised if there was any more automation involved than > there is in the King cages. I'd also be a little surprised if you had > any more to go on than an assumption, but I've been surprised before. > > Bill > > On Mar 7, 9:27 pm, Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Again, could be wrong but the King Iris is the fist cage I recall seeing of > > that alternative design: http://www.kingcage.com/Iris.html. Andrews has > > modified the design slightly, web page is out of date. Ron welds these up > > himself, it is amazing that he can sell them for the same price as ones made > > by a robot or at least an automated procedure in Taiwan... > > > Doug > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Bill M. <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > I have a pair each of the King Iris and the VO Moderniste. The King > > > is a nice but fairly conventional looking cage, nothing special. The > > > VO is bright and shiny and has a distinctive and attractive swoop to > > > it. The King *might* hold a bit more securely on a really rough road, > > > but the VO takes the style points IMO. > > > > Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
