On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-gear11-2009may11,0,3830979.story > > via xo-1.org (roughriders) > > > Interesting that this is being covered as a story, and i'm happy to > see Bruce Gordon get some coverage. I'm glad too that they liked the > Rawland (rah for the local guys), but they obviously didn't do their > homework - Sean Virnig is not a framebuilder, he's the company owner. > That's not to diminish his role, but it's bad reporting. Same thing > happens with Surly, people often write that the frames are built here, > but Surly and Rawland are both Taiwanese-built bikes. It's something > worth noting when comparing against a US-built Bruce Gordon for twice > the price. > > The middle two bikes were sorta ridiculous to include, being more > specialized in function than the Gordon or Sogn. The Atlantis or > Hillborne would have been much better fits for the category. > > -- > Bill Connell > St. Paul, MN > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > Yes, the BG is a great pick, and it's cool to see that they're at least consider "practical" bikes, but there's a gaping hole where the Atlantis should be. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
