There's an easy solution to what annoys you, and that is to look elsewhere beside Rivendell for your bikes.
I personally have little interest in many Rivendell models -- the only bikes that interest me are the road ones (Rodeo), the fixed gears and, perhaps, the Hunquawhatever for off road, but I don't see why Grant has to check with me before he puts another model on the market. Grant has brought a little company financed on credit card and cashed out 401K to modest success despite going head-on against industry trends, and all this without my interference, and I say again, keep it up, Grant! Somone is buying his bikes. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Count me amongst the confused. Hunqapillier? What? A replacement > for the Atlantis? I didn't think the Atlantis needed a replacement. > I don't own one, but if I wanted a classic, straight up touring bike > to head out on a self supported adventure, I can't think of any other > bike I would put ahead of it. > > I own a Rambouillet. I bought it because I wanted a great brevet > bike. That's what it is. It didn't need to be replaced > because it was a great expression of it's forms. The Rambouillet name > captured the essence of a great road bike. The Atlantis name captured > the essence of a great touring bike. > > Since then we have the AHH, a nice enough bike for sure, but all it > offers over the Rambouillet is tire sizes not generally needed for a > brevet bike and a name that refers to baseball. For sure it fills a > nich between the other two bikes. Now we're offered a mastadon, that > I can only presume will trudge through knee deep mud. > > Rivendell seems to be increasingly focused on bikes that are either > designed just to cruise around town, or ride off road. > > I ride 30 mies a day on dirt and paved roads. Long rides go 80 to 100 > miles on similar roads. I don't feel like I need a bike to ford > wetlands, or one that has me sitting straight up in the wind. As a > land owner I'm not at all enthused about the craze for off road > riding. > > The bicycle industry has a long history, lead by Shimano, of solving > non existent problems. What I want from Rivendell is a focus on > reliability, durability, simplicity, and beauty. That's where they > started, and that's what drew me to them. > > Sorry to have to take such a contrarian viewpoint here. > > Michael > > On Jan 21, 10:55 pm, Annette Lein <alein...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Not too much to ask, but isn't that what all the big bike > > manufacturers do??? So, I personally don't need another one.... :) > > > > On Jan 21, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't understand why Grant refuses to market a bike that has a color > > > and a name that is universally appealing. Is universal appeal too much > > > to ask? > > > > > On Jan 21, 7:51 pm, Shaun Meehan <meehan.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Annette Lein > > >> <alein...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > > > >>> Why not have interesting and off the wall names??? It makes the > > >>> bikes just > > >>> that much more unique to me. The artwork for the hunqapiller > > >>> looks fabulous > > >>> and I for one am all for the name....just my 2 cents....Annette > > > > >> But it's a tradition on the list for those who dislike the name that > > >> Grant/Rivendell selected to ridicule it, and come-up with their own > > >> list of > > >> names that are "much better"! ;) > > > > >> Shaun Meehan > > > > > -- > > > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > > . > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
