They were never the same bike. There was a "long bike" which was produced as a custom for 10 buyers sight unseen, then a few protos of a production version were built, then Grant/Dave decided it wasn't a viable model. Now the Appaloosa name is being transferred to a new Sam-like bike with longer chainstays and cantis. The Clem Smith is and was the partially TIGed lower-cost Riv.
Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Saturday, November 22, 2014 4:47:23 PM UTC-8, Matthew J wrote: > Given that people had been hearing for months that the Sam's benching was > to make room for the Clem, it's reasonable for the quote above to cause the > speculation (about a possible Clem name shift) and confusion that has been > talked about on the forum over the last few days. > > I guess. But GP's earlier Clem comments were clear it was going to be a > utilitarian budget bike aimed at people who otherwise might not buy a > Rivendell. Just did not make sense to me Riv would put its best seller on > hiatus in favor of budge model its primary market might not want. > > >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
