I think this will work out quite nicely for Rivendell. Remember the pain of managing the QBP partnership with the Bleriot? Soma will manage the bike, and Riv gets to see more people on a more sensible road bike.
If someone walks into a Soma dealer and sees the SOMA/AMOS in the shop, the upslope on the top tub will seem much less dramatic than on other bikes, especially the less-sensible and much more expensive crabon fibré bikes next to it. For me, I like a horizontal (or near- horizontal) TT, but I'm not shopping for a SOMA/AMOS - perhaps not the target market. This bike will do well, and will really stand out against the other steel bikes newly released by Specialized, etc. Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 13, 9:20 am, RoadieRyan <rya...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Having it posted on the site gives me hope this is frame will come to > fruition. It will be nice to have a choice between a "sporty road > bike" AMOS, and a "country bike" SamH. Love the blue, hope they > keep it > > On Jan 13, 8:25 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > My vote is for the slacker seatpost ... 71.5d works great for me and > > brooks saddles. > > > Kinda cool that GP is going to re-lable and sell as a Rivendell. I > > guess they call that good marketing. As much as I love that Romulus > > blue others may prefer a sage green or orange ( hint, hint) > > > I think the expanded top tube angle is going to take some time to get > > used to. On my Hillborne it allows me to use the shorter length Nitto > > Pearl stem which I think is a nicer stem. > > > Mike > > SoCal > > > On Jan 13, 8:01 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 10:30 -0500, Frederick, Steve wrote: > > > > I hope it has a seat tube angle of 73 degrees or so--the gradually > > > > slackening(!) of Riv's bikes has put them outside my fit zone. (since > > > > I don't use Brooks saddles, I don't need so much setback) > > > > The difference between 72 and 73 degrees should easily be accommodated > > > with a zero-setback post. Are you saying you are already using one of > > > those with a 73 degree seat tube?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
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