I think of the Rawland as a way to get something like an Atlantis (in terms of tire clearance) for less money.
On May 12, 4:22 pm, avillage <avill...@verizon.net> wrote: > I was impressed the author knew 650B's given that so many bikes were > excluded. > > Have to admit, never heard of a Rawland bicycle. The description > vaguely reminds of the Bianchi Volpe which was in the same price > category, maybe a little cheaper...no wait, wrong. the Rawland is much > more expensive. Oops...The Volpe was a pretty darn good value bike. > > Strange that some Rivs were left out. > > On May 12, 10:12 am, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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-gear11-2009may11,0,38309... > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
