If you look at the market.... it will be for retiring boomers. They will be buying upgrades on components, tandems, and "comfort bikes" that don't look as ungainly as most bikes in that category do. Also low maintenance - IGH, bikes designed for chain guards and integrated fenders, and even carbon belts. Bikes light enough for senior women to get on a car rack. Car free trails are spreading rapidly and will spawn a cottage industry of b&b's that cater to cyclist. So more light touring.
Michael On Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:36:51 AM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > Seems like anything "new" would be pretty similar to the Hilsen, but > perhaps in a different color and with a different name. The roadish > Rivendell category is somewhat tightly constrained. I kinda doubt we'll see > a new Riv with press-in BB or a tapered headtube for zero-stack headset > anytime soon. > > On Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:00:58 AM UTC-6, Michael wrote: >> >> Or do you think the Hilsen has a lock on it for now for the >> general-use-mobile? >> >> The reason I ask is because if I had to buy a new bike soon, it would >> have to be the Hilsen for my taste/needs (commutin'/rec-rides). >> Was wondering if sum-n' new might come out since they seem to stop >> production on frames every few years and come out with a new model >> replacement. >> >> Just ponderin'. >> >> > -- 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/-/lJhH_nRqLMwJ. 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.
