Interesting that this topic came up. I was talking about this very thing with Grant last week on a quick visit to HQ. He indicated that he has thought through this quite a bit, and he said he felt he would have to keep the price way down to avoid it being a bike that rich parents buy their kids because they (the parents) want an exclusive bike. He mentioned a price point far south of $600, BTW. Said it would have to be steel an lugged, but it would be a challenge to design as he couldn't ride it, and he hasn't ever done "kid bike design".
I think it would be super cool, but I would really wonder if this would be anything other than a non-profit exercise. I can see a market for nice kid bikes - but perhaps for another startup bike maker? I think Riv may be better off focusing on its core competencies. There seems to be more and more folks into Grant's non-racing velosophy - why muddy the focus of his small shop with a new audience. There may be more risk from a litigation standpoint when kids are involved. Now that I've said that, I could see a Riv design that improved on the Big Dummy and maybe created something that was tandem-able so kids could ride along? Sort of a longer Bombadil with an extra seat? He has the diagatube down... Brian Seattle On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:31 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > I hear ya' on the lack of kid bike options. If you don't know about them, > Islabike in the UK is a great resource. Unfortunately, they don't have a NA > distributor, so shipping is prohibitive from the UK. So email 'em and > encourage them to get one post haste (that's the way they talk there, be > sure to pepper your email with it)!!! > > http://www.islabikes.co.uk/ > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:43 PM, lukemcg <luke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Personally, Riv offers enough current options for adults. Would love >> to see Grant put his mind to qork on an age 9+ bike. It is really >> awful to shop for kids bikes to find hydraulic, knobby tired mountain >> bikes with too many gears. >> >> Too much emphasisnon the wrong things. >> >> Luke >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > probably benefit more from > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
