Well, to close out this topic, I should say that Grant wrote me a kind email saying that the contract with Soma doesn’t allow Riv to mess with the San Marcos. That’s what I expected, really. The best advice from this list was to “Just Ride” the San Marcos and my feelings about the lack of “Rivendellness” of the bike would melt away with the miles. I think that is what I will do.
Looking logically at the difference between the San Marcos and the Roadeo, it is hard to justify paying $1,300 more for the Roadeo just because it is a better looking bike and a “true Rivendell”. Also, I tell myself that I won’t put a rack on the bike…but then I just might. A rack would allow me to ride the San Marcos instead of my pig Novara Safari for weekend trip. I could always remove the rack before my next “fast” ride. Still…which headbadge do you prefer? The headbadge with the beautiful winding open road trailing into the sunset or the headbadge with the Sutro Tower television and radio transmission antennae? Not a tough call for me. For me at least, the Roadeo is the more beautiful bike and the San Marcos is the more practical bike. I guess I’ll keep a magnifying glass to read the fine print on the chainstay and a laminated copy of my invoice in my saddlebag so I can prove that my San Marcos is a “True Rivendell”. J But then I think I need to test ride the Roadeo and the AHH before I place my order just to make sure. Doug -- 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
