$1050 today would be darned cheap for anything Rivendell, let alone MUSA. With the Clem frameset at $1,400 and doubtless the Yello … a bit cheaper — leaving out tariffs -- $1050 is high for the time, about $1K more in today’s inflated US fun tickets, as BSNYC calls them — $2,105 per the DoL’s inflation calculator; the comparable Clem frameset price per same calculator would have been $701 in 1997.
Of course, MUSA and not yet partaking of production efficiencies Riv has very probably learned since 1997. And just shy of $5K 1997 dollars for the Cannondale; that’s almost $10K today, and I think this was before dentist pricing. The Rivendell would have made a wonderful “gravel bike” *avant la lettre*, tho’ I prefer fat 700C tires on my Riv-inspired dirt road road bike. On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM Eric Daume <[email protected]> wrote: > $1050 for a MUSA Riv frameset would be a bargain today, so in 25 years, > I'll probably look back on $1750 Taiwan framesets and think, I shoulda got > one then. > > Eric > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am surprised at the prices. $60 for a rain suit but the Rivendell frame >> was already $1050 and the Cannondale was already pushing $5K for the full >> bike. >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguVQs_WmkLnUVCGk15Lq%2BnAdey0%3D9YAJSMdLapY7S2CYg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguVQs_WmkLnUVCGk15Lq%2BnAdey0%3D9YAJSMdLapY7S2CYg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5Deg8H_dGr0Qfq%3Djjc6h_M7K%3DsmfWGSdUDy5D3P7Q6UTA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5Deg8H_dGr0Qfq%3Djjc6h_M7K%3DsmfWGSdUDy5D3P7Q6UTA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvadcqngv2V%3DQ3u-kp%3Dj3Xx%3D5Wys-TG22M3_Dh%2BPv0VDQ%40mail.gmail.com.
