Giant +1 on Mark's Gray. His Rivendells are my ideal of clean, fast, classic looking bikes.
Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 3:46:53 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2090e897f8c7f8d7170a52bbd&id=0f9ee90009 > > The email as linked from Rivendell's Twitter. The frame will be made in > Taiwan, "minimalist paint", no headbadge, and I guess the downtube/seattube > decals will be minimalist as well. I like the idea of a "beater Rivendell" > a lot..something simple and understated from the company of fancy > paint-and-lugs is a neat idea. I say paint it Mark's Grey - like the > Hunqapillar but without the red/white - and put a creme RBW triangle on the > seattube, the name of the bike on the headtube, and leave the downtube > bare. Urban Commuter Stealth Rivendell. > > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 3:35:04 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > >> Intriguing, a build kit for a Riv is $1,200 so not sure how it would be >> possible to do a whole bike for $1,400 made out of lugged steel unless the >> are having 1k frames made in China or something like that. >> >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just got an email from Riv HQ, there is a new bike in the works - a >>> truly affordable ($1400) complete bike. >>> >>> Cool stuff. >>> >>> Shipping is going up $1 too. I think i'll live. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/NbjUFghwcWYJ. >>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/AANo_mUQUuAJ. 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.
