Materials, labor and transportation costs plus the profit margin added equals the price you pay. Rivs like the Romulus were killer deals but for one reason or another, could not be maintained. Rivs have good paint jobs and you could shave money there by doing something skimpy. Rivs use good quality tubing, and again you could skimp there. Riv could buy in mega volumes which would save per unit costs. As it happens, it wouldn't reflect the Riv ethos with micro thin paint or clunky tubes or robo-welded joints. The limited market for this type of bike (lugged steel, built for comfort and usefulness) prevents Schwinn-like mass production so no savings there.
A used riv is your best option for lower price, probably. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > .. surely there is a way to make a less costly frame, it's all a matter of > their focus to really do it. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
