Sounds as though you may not be around to answer, but in the event: Any news on the steel Nitto drops and traditional French style Nitto seat post?
On Jun 26, 10:01 am, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Renovelo (rhymes with little red HENovelo) silence is because we > forgot to make a head tube decal for it, so that's going to take > another 2wks, and the painter has a few ready to go. We have at least > a dozen, maybe more, including the formerly ultrafancy custom, several > roof-racked and now repaired frames, now with second top tubes > (pallarel, not giadonal), and at least one frame that purely from a > practical-money standpoint shouldn't have been repaired, because the > entire frame cost us less than the repair, and it still needs a paint > job. > > All of our frames-bikes have had unforseeable and unfortunate delays > this year, but we'll be flush in Back-to-School bikes for sure, and > the influx may start before then. But we still have a decent number in > stock. The last of the Japanese-built Toyo frames are trickling out, > and they are as fine a frames (never got comfortable with that "a" in > there, especially with plural of frame) as we have. > > Tweedie bags are one of the monstrous disappointments, in that the > maker is delivering 3 months late (and so, we're paying it forward). > In the winter we'll have some good fender news (no, not lugged!) > that's not revolutionay or revelationary, but more like a noteworthy > incremental step in a good direction. > > Poster fans, if there are any, will like some of our offerings > starting this fall, so please save some wall space. > > Nitto has designed a new rack and we're getting a sample without > knowing what it's about. Maybe it makes sense over here, maybe it just > makes sense over there. > > Poncho news: We got samples in yesterday, two styles made just for us, > at our request, by Grundens, the Rainwear Suppliers To Wet Kings > Everywhere. And we have a Japanese one which may not fit large > "mericans, but may fit small-to-med ones. > > The Splats will be here in --- well, that's another BTS product, I > think. We resisted the strong, primal urge to overthink and overdesign > them, and so it'll still take a strong constitution to wear them in > public, but that will be reward with dry feet and a tiny divot out of > your checking account. > > Dave and I are working on a Tree-Bustin' catalogue. It will not be > encyclopedic, but will have a good representation of our stuff, and > some helpful tips in it, some you've read before, and some maybe not. > No "rope-around-the-tree leg squat" type tips, but don't snicker at > that untl you've tried it, and then, I think, you won't snicker at > all. You may be in pain, you may be bummed, but no snicker. > > I'm going for a ride up the mountain today--my first mtn ride in 7 > weeks, my third ride TOTAL in seven weeks, and I'm taking my tree- > squat strong/anaerobically fine-tuned quads with me, and my camera. > > G > > On Jun 25, 7:48 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Does the absence of Renovelo threads comments indicate zero interest? > > Or, quite the opposite, are we all so eager to see what comes out that > > it doesn't need saying, and we don't want too many people to snap them > > all up? Lord knows I want my chance to see them and decide not to buy > > one, rather than see that they came and went, leaving me to complain > > "Unfair! I wanted one!" -- 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.
