Well, my Sam Hillborne was 1 grand and that included shipping for the frame, fork, headset, seatpost, and bottom bracket. I got it on one of the member emails and jumped on it. I think it is a very inexpensive bike for what I got and worth every penny. At 1500 bucks it would be a deal.
My Roadeo I got right before the price went up, so I paid 2 grand, plus an extra 150 for custom paint. Looking at the market place and seeing Trek 5 series framesets going for $2200 bucks, 6 series going for $3500 bucks, custom makers like Shamrock pricing their frames at $2250 and others right around those kinds of prices, I just don't think the Roadeo is overpriced at all. I think it is situated at or lower than market prices for similar framesets. I mean, I am sure you can get someone to make you a frameset for less than the Roadeo, I doubt it will ride as nice as the Roadeo though. I think the Roadeo has always been a higher priced frameset in Rivs lineup, so I don't really think you could have scored a sweet deal like buying the Atlantis in 2007 or something. I think many of Riv's frames are now being built in the US by Waterford, which aint a cheap place to get a bike frame made. The price difference from 2006 to now has much to do with having the bikes produced in the U.S. compared to Japan...or Taiwan. Rivs aren't cheap bikes, and I don't think they should be cheap bikes. When someone compares a Rivendell like the Atlantis to a Surly LHT, I kind of cringe. I owned the LHT for a little and had an Atlantis I stupidly sold and the two bikes aren't really comparable, IMHO. I think the Atlantis rode better, felt a little faster actually, and was a prettier bike than the LHT. Of course surly isn't making bad bikes, but they aren't making bikes that have the same quality as Rivendells. I think the value of Riv frames is very high and honestly, I think the bikes will retain their value in the long run. I would rather pony up to get a bike I will keep for 20 years than spend that cash on a different bike like a Madone that I will wind up replacing in 7 years or so. I voted with my dollars already though. Clearly, I am a Riv fan. Would really like a Hunqapillar or a custom mountain mixte though. Maybe sometime later this year I will get the money together for something like that. On Saturday, December 14, 2013 8:28:15 AM UTC-6, Fullylugged wrote: > I was using the time between sets of push ups (too yucky out to pedal > today) and cruising the RBW web site this morning. Looking at the > framesets, I see where Atlantis is now 2,300 F.O.B. origin. When I > bought my Ram in late 2006, it was 1,350 and the Atlantis was only > $1,400. Using the AIER cost of living calculator, 1400 in 2006 is worth > 1,618 today, so frames have gone up significantly more than the prices > of everyday goods as a whole. This is not to say they cost too much now, > just a realization that those of us who were fortunate enough to get RBW > bikes back then got really good deals on really good bikes. > > Bruce > -- 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.
