I'd also get the Betty Foy. I think it's a very pretty bike with an appealing name. I like the Ebisu top tube to seat stay arrangement best. 650B Ebisu might be my vote for all-time prettiest bike. http://www.thevelocafe.com/Ebisu/Ebisu-Pages/Image5.html
Definitely like the Soma pricetag... Philip On Mar 21, 4:11 pm, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > You're correct, Doug, about the YG v. Betty Foy. I too was thinking "What's > the dif?" and leaning to the Foy over the YG. Still, the Soma holds my > interest. As for the corporate thing, don't forget that Grant Peterson just > designed the Amos for Soma, and he will be selling that frame at RBW, so I > don't think they are entirely evil. That said, I do like the notion of the > semi-custom Ebisu. Price, too, is a consideration, but not necessarily a > deal breaker. > > Does anyone have pix of the Velo Orange mixte other than what's on the site? > > Ray > > ________________________________ > From: Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 4:00:41 PM > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Gomez versus . . . (Was: Part #1 of a Three Part > Question > > A few thoughts: YG or Ebisu = supporting the little guy, Soma = large > faceless corporation pretending to be counterculture. Single TT a la > Herse/Singer is absolutely stiffer, that's why most craft built mixtes have > been that way. YG and Ebisu are lugged, Soma is welded (right?). As already > mentioned, anything other than drop bars makes it easy to deal with a longer > top tube. Ebisu has cantis, debatably stronger than sidepulls and easy > enough to set up assuming modern ones. Why is the YG $200 more than the > Betty Foy? Other than being named after a female character, is there > anything more feminine about the BF than that YG? For $200 less, I think I > like it better. I personally would narrow it down to the RBW product or > Ebisu. Money not an object, the Ebisu is the classiest. Since they are at > least semi-custom, I wonder if you could get horizontal dropouts on one of > those? > > Regards, Doug > > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >Thank you, everyone --- > > >My handlebar choice will be (at the moment) either inverted Albatross or a > >set of Jitensha flat bars that I once had mounted on my Atlantis. Those > >bars still have the Paul thumbies and the Paul levers on them, so that is > >the option I'm leaning to. > > >The other responses regarding tire width -- I'd like to do something between > >35 and bigger. Thanks for the link to the Soma 650B conversion. That looks > >interesting. I do like the canti brakes of the Ebisu. I like canti brakes. > > >The other neat thing about the Soma is the horizontal drop out. I was > >giving serious consideration to trying out that new 9-speed IGH. And, I > >really like the double top tube design. I wonder if it is as strong as the > >Riv and Ebisu > > designs. > > >As for the Riv's. Yes, I am a Riv fan (I own three Riv's already) but the > >Gomez just doesn't catch my eye, frankly. I could get by the goofy name and > >"International Man. . ." thing if other aspects came together. I like the > >intended use of the Gomez, and the way it could be set like a Hillborne, but > >I think it's the least stylish of the three bikes I mentioned. > > >Thank you also for the Velo Orange link. That looks good as well, so maybe > >now it's a choice of four models. > > >Ray > > -- > 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 > 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
