Tweed underwear would offend me, but only if I was daft enough to wear them. Grin.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, December 6, 2013 2:38:36 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I think it's more than that. First, Riv has to clear sufficient profit on > a far smaller number of units, which means that the per-unit profit must be > higher. That's why WalMart undersells your local, Mom 'n' Pop hardware or > grocery or appliance or what have you store. > > More: Riv makes a point of paying its local employees good money with > benefits (I don't know what they do, if anything for the Taiwanese factory > workers). Again, they need to clear sufficient profit to pay for all of > this. > > More yet! The ineffable niceness of Rivendell designs. I don't mean lugs > or paint, I mean the ride quality. Even the Sam, which I owned brieflly and > *did not like much* had an unladen ride quality that, at least for me, > would be worth several hundred in addition to the price of an inexpensive > frame. > > And finally, more yet again: I daresay (can't point to the details) that > even low-end Riv frames have quality pluses that Surlys or Somas or what > have you don't. > > I am not even offended by a $450 jacket -- which would offend me if Orvis > sold it. (The only things that offend me are tweed bags and mud flaps, and > that not because of the price.) > > Patrick Moore, stoked in ABQ, NM from a 14 mile rolling 75" fixed gear > rideabout in cold (sub 30*F!) but *not windy!!!!* ABQ, NM. > > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Hugh Smitham <hughs...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> What, for example, justifies the 300% price ratio between a Sam Hillborne >> and a Surly Cross-check or the even larger differential between an Atlantis >> and LHT? They have similar ride quality and expected service life and are >> made by the same nice Taiwanese workers. >> > -- > *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* > Certified Resume Writer > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
