You have to remember just how 'cutting' edge Grant was in mountain biking before he was labeled a retro-grouch by the mainstream. Almost everything standard about a cross country mountain bike and its geometry is a direct function of Grant's vision.
I always thought that what Grant did with Rivendell was a departure from what he was doing with mountain bikes. Obviously the technology has changed in mountain biking with a continuing obsession with latest/ greatest to feed the magazine/shop/consumer monster, however, there is a market for a higher end mountain bike that is 'raceable' in the early nineties sense. I've thinking like a Bontrager Race or Bontrager Race Lite (pre-trek). Such a bike made of high zoot steel tubing would tip the scales well under the disc brake, outboard bearing, full suspension boat anchors people are riding today. I don't think a good steel cross country mountain bike exists anymore (and no Surly's aren't). If there is one thing Grant knows its mountain bikes. Greg On Oct 23, 8:42 pm, Weird Harold <alanpcr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was reading an interview with Grant on Bike Radar and saw this: > > "There are some things I want to do, and one thing in particular that > I want to do that will be terribly misunderstood by just about > everybody with an internet connection and a smattering of bike > knowledge and historical perspective. Compared to anything Rivendell > has "done" in the past, it's way, way out there and sounds, or might > sound, inconsistent and off the deep end." > > Anyone have any idea what he's talking about? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
