Another bike to possibly consider are the city bikes from Brooklyn Bicycle Co. I hadn't heard about this earlier, but apparently Grant P. is on their board of directors and possibly had a hand in the design of their bikes.
http://www.brooklynbicycleco.com/blog/grant-peterson-frame-geometry-urban/ They have some interesting-for-the-money city bikes that might just be that "point'n'go" bike that some people need. And the Driggs has a double top tube! Looking closer at the images, it's apparent the components aren't that fancy, but even the lowest priced bike has room for fenders and two eyelets per drop out. Maybe worth considering for a budget bike. Aaron "Always looking for a bargain" Young The Dalles, OR On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's absolutely true that just about anybody can step on a Cheviut and > roll away smiling, but I think the point of a Riv not being appropriate for > some customer types is that a lot of people would be just as well served by > a Public C7 <http://publicbikes.com/p/PUBLIC-C7-2014?position=tile4>, or > a Linus Scout 7 <http://www.linusbike.com/products/scout-7>. A Cheviut > or a Hillborne is decidedly better and gives substantially more room to > grow, and will last substantially longer. But some people can't stomach > the idea of locking a $2500 bike outside all day. If the price tag of your > bike is a barrier to you actually using it, that's a bad deal. These > hypothetical new cyclists also don't have the skillset to make a cool > cheapie out of a used bike, either. I am not saying that Riv should offer > a $600 complete bike, but I am saying that I think it's really cool that > affordable practical budget bikes exist for the strictly occasional > cyclist. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
