Howdy folks. Unless there has been some fairly recent and radical change, a Riv Custom isn't really "custom". It is Grant's design for you, tweaked within limits to your preferences. I know of at least one Custom from the Curt Goodrich days that was built with braze-ons for centerpull brakes and at least one that Curt built a front rando rack for (may have been the same bike, don't recall). So there is a precedent for that sort of thing. I don't think, though, that Grant will radically alter any traditional RBW geometry ideas so I would be surprised if he would do a low trail French style front geometry. It will be interesting to hear how these recent Customs come out. My impression is that Customs are a FAR smaller proportion of RBW sales than they were 10 years ago...
Regards, Doug On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Patrick in VT <psh...@drm.com> wrote: > > On Oct 24, 12:54 am, benzzoy <benz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >I believe Grant prefer rear racks but I'm hoping he'll design a frame/fork > suitable for >a Berthoud or Acorn front bag; perhaps Grant and Mark > (Nobilette) may even consent to brazing up a simple custom front rack. :) . > .. . > > Finally, and this is way out there, I may ask if he is willing to > > design the bike around the PegoRichie tubeset. > > sounds very much like my custom, right down to the tubes! sweet. > > your post implies that perhaps some of your preferences might be > vetoed? how exactly does the riv custom process work? > > i realize that some designers/framebuilders do things "their" way and > your either down with it or your not - and that's cool. i have a lot > of respect for that. > > but, if you have a clear, reasoned thoughts about what *you* want > (front rack, spirit tubes, etc.), I don't think you should > compromise. it's *your* custom bike, afterall! > > in any event, I'm sure it will be a killer rig! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
