All depends on how far you take the ³values and style² aspect, right? I¹m not sure how a low-trail fork compromises Riv¹s values and style. It¹s not like asking for a dayglo time trial bike, right?
Ultimately, seems like a question that only a phone call or e-mail to Grant can answer though. Dustin From: Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:34:59 -0700 (PDT) To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Subject: [RBW] Re: Who's in the queue for a custom Rivendell? Grant says exactly that in his notes on custom bike ordering. He suggests that you look at Rivs carefully to be sure that your interests align with the RBW gestalt. Copy/paste from the notes: "I absolutely listen to your wishes and input, and in fact require it, want it, and use it. But ultimately it is our name that goes on the bike, so certain consistencies and standards must be met, for it to bear our name. For that reason, before ordering a Rivendell custom, it's important to familiarize yourself with our values and style, and make sure we're a good match. " From: Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, October 26, 2009 11:24:19 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: Who's in the queue for a custom Rivendell? 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
