On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 1:12:29 PM UTC-8, Brewster Fong wrote: > > Cool. That price is right in line with other top builders like Dave Kirk > and Dave Wages/Ellis Cycles! For example, Dave Kirk's Onesto lugged > stainless steel tubing (Reynolds 953) is right there at like $4200. Dave > Wages/Ellis starts at like $3500 and can easily go up pass $7000 for a > frameset! > > Of course, neither wouldn't have Grant/Rivendell's geometry! Lots of good > choices out there! >
Just as a point of clarification, the unreleased Mark Nobilette-built, "Rivnobi" not-a-custom has a target price of $4k for a *complete bike,* with possibly brazed-on Paul centerpulls (that are $350/bike). If we can extrapolate from the high-end brakes, but also temper with Rivendell's whimsical tendencies towards good-but-inexpensive parts (e.g., Acera and Altus rear derailleurs), the build kit should be at least decent. In any case, since build kits can easily exceed $1k, that essentially brings the frame+fork price down to less than $3k, which is aligned with how much a Nobilette Roadeo costs. I'm most curious about what kind of bikes these are, since Grant's post indicated a partial throwback to more traditional geometries. I'm sure they'll ride well, and they'll unlikely to be single-purposed (like a Legolas), but how are they biased? -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6eb33980-703e-4850-96da-551e57ac49ff%40googlegroups.com.
