Very, very well put Mobile Bill Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 21, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Mobile Bill <wfi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > I'll add a small voice to the discussion: > What is it that Riv does for the bike market? I love my lugs, wouldn't trade > em, but I'd have to say that lugs are only a very small, and perhaps > insignificant reason for buying another Riv. Riv's overall design leadership > and thoughtfulness is one. Many of the factors that once made Riv distinctive > have been adopted by other bike designers -- ranging from tire capacity to > chainstay length to general disregard for racebike design doctrine. But much > about Riv remains distinctive. When I compare other bikes, I have to wonder > whether the manufacturers will have thought as carefully about fit, and about > handlebar placement relative to seat height, and about how to make the bike > genuinely useful in multiple situations. There are other semi-custom bike > designers and dispensers who use TIG exclusively, and I'd be happy to buy > those bikes, except I've tried em, and they have an unpleasant feel or fit or > they have limited use, because their design philosophy is different (and > often much less thoughtful and sophisticated). > Riv being Riv isn't about 100 percent lugged. > >> On Friday, September 19, 2014 3:20:02 PM UTC-5, Peter M wrote: >> A Tig welded Rivendell? say it aint so > > -- > 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. -- 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.
