I agree with you from year to year Leslie. I don't know if the Atlantis for example is the same today as it was originally or if it's grown with technology or what. I don't know about the tubing other than the implied when I buy things that the two bikes are the same "except" phrase for water bottle cages or something. I'm curious now.. :) Who knows the answer.
Kelly On Saturday, September 1, 2012 7:15:01 PM UTC-5, Leslie wrote: > > Well, yes, and no, I would think... Yes, Grant designs the frames, pics > the material, etc. However, when a bike that was being made in Japan by > Toyo was using Miyata steel, but then when RBW transfers to building at > Waterford, and W'ford doesn't have Miyata but it does have a stack of OX > Plat perhaps, but there's a slight difference in gauging between the two > companies, well, in that case I would suspect that Grant would > select/inspect/approve of a change... it would be 'different', but, Grant > would ensure that it's still 'the same'. I'm not saying going from > Ram-size tubing to Atlantis-size tubing; but, just a change of source, and > adjusting to ensure it meets his spec. Maybe it doesn't change one iota, > but... well, if one Bomba had X fork crown, but this Bomba over has Y fork > crown, or the same on early Rams to late Rams (even all made by Toyo), well > if you can change a lug style, couldn't you re-spec a tube? > > (Of course, I'm not privy to the inner workings of Riv moving locations of > builds... but it seems to me, it only makes sense or is likely that there > can be adjustments along the way... nothing drastic, just tweaks...) > > > > > > On Saturday, September 1, 2012 1:41:58 PM UTC-4, Kelly wrote: >> >> I may be wrong but I was under the impression that Rivendell specified >> the frame builds. So toyo or Waterford would not make a difference in tube >> thickness. I am aware there are differences, I just didn't think tube >> thickness was one of them. >> >> Kelly >> > -- 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/-/zSpJk2rFdlEJ. 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.
