>From following Rivendell/Grant for a while I would imagine that these types of projects really are the fruits of their labors. It takes the intelectual property and designs for a deeper penatration into the masses. The next stop would be packaging them as completes and getting them into the corner bikestore. I look forward to hunting these down on Craigs list as "Vintage" in 20 or 30 years.
Rob On Jan 13, 10:05 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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: > snip
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