The VO cages look nearly identical to some cages I've seen under Trek, Topeak, and possibly other labels. Don't let that discourage anybody - they are/were nice cages under any label.
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 modified the design slightly, web page is out of date.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
