I think a lot of the elevated appreciation of Toyo built frames has more to do with the classic designs of the era more than the actual factory.
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 11:17:22 AM UTC-5 Christian Santa wrote: > If you're curious to see the Toyo Factory and its history, watch the below > YouTube link I happened to come across as I researched this topic several > weeks ago. It's not directly Rivendell related, but they do mention how > they used to build other brands and how they've evolved. It's an > interesting watch if you're a visual type of person and a fellow Toyo owner > like myself. > > https://youtu.be/EajhYjSUxaU?si=8f4OFH9yBvd5yk2Q > > -Christian Santa > On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 7:15:58 AM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote: > >> The Toyo article is in Reader #31. >> >> https://notfine.com/rivendell/ >> >> I can see how I romanticized my recollection of it. I don't think >> they're the ones who reserved certain tasks for elder artisans. They're a >> company like many, who train employees in their methods and culture, and >> hope they'll be around to continue in the future. >> >> On Monday, November 4, 2024 at 11:41:12 PM UTC-7 Nick Payne wrote: >> >>> I have a Toyo built Romulus, a Bleriot which I believe was made by >>> Maxway, a Riv custom built by Curt Goodrich, and an Appaloosa which I guess >>> is probably made by Maxway as well. I can't really differentiate the >>> quality of the lugwork and paint between the three factory-built frames, >>> it's fine on all of them, as is the handling. The custom feels the nicest, >>> particularly over indifferent road surfaces, but then the tubing sizes and >>> gauges were chosen to suit a rider of my 63Kg weight, whereas the factory >>> frames have to be built to potentially cope with much heavier riders - when >>> I had the custom built, I also specified that it wouldn't be loaded with >>> anything more than required for day tours, so it didn't have to be built to >>> potentially cope with carrying a heavy touring load. >>> >>> Nick Payne >>> >> -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f24a4501-bf09-4c68-bd1e-0497fb77c738n%40googlegroups.com.
