Not sure if I missed it in an earlier post, but anyone know why Riv would help SOMA on a new frame that essentially hits the same price-point as Riv¹s new Taiwan-made frames?
Not that I¹m against collaboration, just trying to understand the business rationale, and wondering how many $1000 lugged country bikes the market will bear (luckily, that number seems to be growing). Dustin On 1/9/10 9:24 AM, "James Dinneen" <jfxdinn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for the pictures. Do we have any explanation of the bikes intended > purpose (fast road, touring, all round country bike)? Jim D. > Massachusetts > > --- On Sat, 1/9/10, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> From: CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> >> Subject: Re: [RBW] SOMA Riv. Prototyp pics >> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >> Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 10:19 AM >> >> on 1/9/10 2:21 AM, Jason at jasonshaef...@gmail.com >> </mc/compose?to=jasonshaef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > I was at RivHQ on Friday and the prototype frame was laying around. >>> > They said they didn't mind pictures, so here they are: >>> > >>> > http://tinyurl.com/yfxzvs9 >>> > >>> > This is a prototype frame, so it may be changing. They said the >>> > thinking right now is a frame in the $1,000 range, an upward sloping >>> > top tube, so fewer sizes (or at least that's what I heard, it was >>> > early). >> >> Thanks for sharing those here. That's an interesting looking frame - good >> practical dropouts with fender and rack bosses, 2 way attachment options at >> the seatstay bridge, good hardy braze-ons for the upper rack mount, downtube >> shifter bosses.... >> >> It will be interesting to see how it comes together. >> >> - Jim--
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