Looking forward to the catalog. I will be interested to see the differences between the MIT Homer and Sam--is down to cantis vs calipers? STA and chainstays? Clearance?
I have to say that my two most recent non-Riv frames were Made in Taiwan, and they really are tremendously well done. I've heard some folks say that MIT forks are overbuilt, but IMHO that's not really a problem unless you're running 23-25mm tires. On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:20:14 PM UTC-4, Lester Lammers wrote: > > It's just great to know that you can still get a blast from the past. > > On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:43:55 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Anybody can order a Legolas today. It'll be built by Nobilette. Mark A >> will call Mark N. and tell him "build a Legolas, size xx, and Mark N will >> know precisely what to do because he has the sheet. My personal 'standard >> options' were >> >> -slightly more TT slope (2 degree vs 1.5 degree) >> -no pump peg >> -no rear brake hanger >> -fender bosses on rear bridges >> >> Anybody can order a Nobilette Bombadil, Glorious, Wilbury today. >> >> *I don't know if you can order a Nobilette frame that says Quickbeam on >> it, or Rambouillet, or Bleriot, or Simple One.* >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> >> On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 11:05:42 AM UTC-7, tc wrote: >>> >>> So, with Bill’s Legolas — a frame long ago discontinued — I assume that >>> unless the blueprints and tooling to make them have been eaten, anyone >>> could call Riv and ask for any of the discontinued frames. >>> >>> Anyone experience a case where this isn’t true? >>> >>> Tom >> >> -- 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.
