Looks like a cool product line! Glad to see anyone building lugged/brazed steel here in the States!
DE On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Aaron Thomas wrote: > > > > > Color similarity with the Atlantis aside, what strikes me is the fact > > that the Sam Houston shares Sam Hilborne's significantly up-sloping > > top tube (not to mention cantilevers, gobs of tire clearance, and all- > > rounder aspirations). > > There's no patent on any of those things or any combination of those > things. Grant was not the first to use those design features, > either. My Gunnar Crosshairs has all of those features and is a > design 10 years older than the Hillborne. > > > I don't know whether it's an "imitation" or just curiously > > "coincidental," but the similarities are clearly there in both moniker > > and design. > > I think it's just the coincidental similarities of the name and some > design features of the Houston with the Hillborne. And some of the > general aesthetics (lugs, nice paint, head badge, etc.) all of which > are shared with a lot of bike makers. > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
