Maybe the reincarnation of the Universal Japanese Bicycle (UJB) of the 80s? Simple lugs, plain tubes, medium reach sidepull brakes? Bridgestone for the 21st century? I like the idea of selling raw frames & you just do your own thing for paint; rattle can, powder coat, etc. Cyclart & Joe Bell probably won't see many of these, tho.
dougP On Feb 12, 6:14 pm, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > Could be an interesting bike. I for one, wouldn't mind leaving the > double butted tubing behind if that can get the price down. And mebbe > only one bottle? But from the responses, appears the bike is well > along. Those type of decisions have already been made. > > Anywho, the price mentioned doesn't seem to be too cheap for a > commuter bike. But, yeah, bigga tire clearance. Gotta be able to put > studded tires on for winter commuting/riding. 700x40 or 26x1.75 and > fenders. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Feb 12, 3:43 pm, newenglandbike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The commuter bike frameset sounds like it will be a hit: > > > "Since it’ll be a Riv, it has to be lugged and steel; and as a > > commuter bike, it should be tough and affordable. So we plan to use > > cheap good tubing (all CrMo), and go down & dirty in the details when > > fancying them up wouldn’t add function; and then sell it primered but > > not painted...... > > > frame fork headset; 48, 55, 60 (for 26, 26, and 700c respectively); > > 55mm (target), and 52mm at least- -the difficulty and compromises ramp > > up dramatically when you need clearance for 60s, which was the > > original plan —although the front will take a 60, co you can > > chopperize it!" > > > Awesome! > > > -Matt- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
