I'd love to see another collaboration between Rivendell and either QBP (Surly/Salsa) or Merry Sales (Soma). Similar to the Bleriot arrangement they had. Let Grant design and spec it, let them sell it. TIG welded & powder coated would be awesome for this application. Let the distributor worry about the on-line low-balling. Just have that Rivendell touch in the design and components. Something similar to the idea of the LHT or Casserole.
The non Trek or Specialized branded shops could sell it pretty well I'm guess (knowing nothing of the bike biz). On-line sites (Air Bomb, Jenson, etc) could sell bunches of them. And I think a lot of us would buy one just have it as a back-up/borrower bike. Or a snow & slush bike. Would be great! On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:08 AM, manueljohnacosta < manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Grant's new post intrigued some thoughts within my weary brain. Found > on the Rivendell site. > > "Now almost every bike abovet $300 has a shock fork and almost no bike > below a Surly is steel. Fuji has one. Raleigh has eleven. Raleigh's > slogan in the ancient days, way before mom and dad met, was "The All- > Steel Bicycle", and I think Raleigh now is trying to recapture the > spirit, maybe. > > It would be so easy to tig-weld a cheap bike that was Affordable Yet > Fully Wholeheartedly Endorseable, but we're locked in to lugs, and > it's staying that way. Over the years we've talked a little about > making a Super Cheap with lugs, but the lower limit isn't all that > low, because the labor is so much more intensive. > > It makes some sense, though. Everybody needs a beater and too many > people are afraid to make their Rivbike into the bike they can lock > outside the movie theater or bookstore for a few hours. I'm thinking > of a way to do it, and it's not looking likely, but it's not been > ruled out yet, either, and it's not a front-burner project. I will get > to it if at all in many moons." > > I for one love my bleriot. The ride and the functionally has far > surpassed my expectations. I make it my bike to do anything with, > short of fast road rides( more because I'm not strong enough and I'm > too stubborn to leave the carradice bag at home). Over the course of a > half of year after owning my bleriot this bike has turned into some > what a "beater" in a sense that I don't mind leaving it outside out at > a farmers market locked with an irish strap. My nicks and scratches > have far pass the point of beasuage and the low model campy components > aren't holding up well because of the abused/misuse. But I don't feel > bad for that I'm using the bike for it's purposes despite being a > covet "Rivendell Bike. Just curious of how others treat their > rivendells? Are they really used to their full potential? Or locked > away shameless in the garage because of their face value? > > -Manny > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
