As one who routinely seriously over-thinks many things, I recognize the syndrome. Once again, we are getting carried away. Speculating here but my un-educated guess is that if one supplier has differenct sources than another, GP can make any needed adjustments in spec to the point none of us would be able to tell any difference.
Hopefully someone sent a private post to MikeC with the info he requested. He can knock himself out comparing his Hillborne with his other bikes. Now there's an exercise that'll take some thinking. dougP On Sep 1, 5:35 pm, Kelly <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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- 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 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.
