The catalog go into who gonna make what bikes where for how much and how good they are. What it doesn't say (on p.4, the page that addresses this) got left out not to sneak, but for two other reasons--easy to read bad stuff into it, and there wasn't enough space to nuance it so you wouldn't. It is that for Homers and Atlantises we have a longer leash/fewer design restrictions in Taiwan than we do now in America. As the designs e- or de-volve (as we're all free to see it!), we here at RBW find ourselves drifting over to the sources that can happily and expertly pull off all the dimensions and details, and then deliver frames we can sell for $1,100 or so less. It's counter-everything you've been reared to believe, that quality and value can go up as price goes down, but there you go.
Top tube slopes are always going to be a concern, but as somebody pointed out, rather than paint horizontal as THE "classic" or so style, it's better to say it was the common style for 32 years beginning 1950. I don't know how precise those dates are, but they make the point that historically, top tube slopes have been all over the map (protractor?). We're not shooting for "the 1890s look" or anything like that. It's more like we're not making bikes to conform to an era that was characterized by explosive growth and maturation of cycling in America, which copied for good and for bad the racing styles of the day. Rivendells end up being a mix of tradition and irreverence, which means we disappoint those who want us to keep the flame juiced and be the Poghliaghis of Walnut Creek; and we're too backwards for the Scatante carbon-disc crowd. I don't see our bikes as a compromised combo. They hit a good spot, but it has to be a spot that feels good to be hit, and it's not one of those for everybody---which isn't to say I don't wish it was or don't think it ought to be, just that it can't be. We're lucky to be here, recently saved and thankful, and on we go, comrades! On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 3:26:28 PM UTC-7, Jonathan D. wrote: > > Looking through the new brochure it looks like the AHH is going to be also > be made in Taiwan. I love the idea and it looks in between sizes with Sam > and the AHH will be the 650B Sam and the Atlantis the 650B Joe Appaloosa. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
