I talked to Riv on the phone asking about the tool wrap and I asked what that thing was. They confirmed it is a headtube cap. There were no specifics about the rest of the bike to fit that headtube cap. I didn't push. I confessed that I keep looking for tandem clues and the nice Riv-guy on the other end of the phone laughed and said "keep looking". Haha.
So the ideas above seem pretty plausible. On Apr 14, 6:11 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 14, 8:45 am, Dan <pjssu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > he calls it a "small lug", so the obvious conclusion is that it's for > > a TIG'd mountain bike (that's what the wide crown is for). > > > I know this is heresy, but I hope I'm right. > > Maybe the crown/unidentified-thingy is for the commuter bike Rivendell > is working on-- which I don't think will be tig'd, but will be no- > frills. Here is a link to an interview with GP, where he mentions it > (it's in the comments/questions section below the main interview): > > http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2772-bootstrapped-profitable-proud-riv... > > In response to the question: "will Rivendell ever produce a commuter/ > city bike?" > > GP: "We’re working on it now, but seriously, this is between you and > I. 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, the idea being that you could rattle-can it yourself, > make it look cheap and ugly and already stolen, to scare off dope > addict thieves looking for a quick flip for their next fix. The > lugging of it limits the lowness of the price, but we are working on > it. Shorter answer: Yes." > > Sounds like it will be awesome. > > -Matt -- 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-bunch@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.
