The older Somas were made with Reynolds 631 ( I have a 2007 Double Cross) but they switched to Tange (in 2009 I believe). And the rumor is that the same shop in Taiwan ( Maxway) builds both the Soma's and the Hillborne right now.
So this sort of thing seems fairly easy to do on paper. In reality the start-up leadtimes for building a production frame can take a while ...finalize frame design, design and build new jigs, order tube stock and lugs, schedule assembly work amongst existing contracts, etc etc. A year seems reasonable. I agree with Aaron, this bike shoukld be a different target market than the Hillborne. The Hillborne is designed for 35mm tires and larger. Hopefully the Riv/Soma/ is designed for tires in the 25-35mm range. ( at least that would make the most sense). Mike S Valencia CA On Jan 8, 10:06 am, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com> wrote: > My SOMA is made with Reynolds 631. WHile I have my gripes with it, > it's a fantastic frame/fork with a flat crown. > > -Justin > > On Jan 7, 4:40 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > A Riv made with 4140 tubing? Let's hope Soma uses some decent tubing for > > the frame ... and a flat fork crown. > > > --Eric > > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org > > > On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Seth Vidal wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Andrew <andrewkib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I went to Rivendell today and saw a prototype Soma and Rivendell > > >> collaboration frameset. It has Riv lugs, roadeoish geometry and medium > > >> reach brakes. It looks like a romulus and rambouillet mix, its tealish > > >> blue with fancy lugs but no contrasting headtube. Don't know what its > > >> going to retail for or when they are coming. > > > > Maybe it's the next taiwan-made road-bike targeting the more > > > inexpensive end of where the roadeo targets now? > > > > -sv > > > -- > > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > --Eric > > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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