[RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-07 Thread ilter
Great photos, thank you for sharing! ilter -- 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/-/LPuCllLHFVUJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-

[RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread Ryan
Ruffy Tuffys and Roscoe Bubbe bars? On Monday, November 5, 2012 11:55:05 PM UTC-6, Tokyo Crank wrote: > > Hello > > Not directly Rivendell related but I hope some might find it of some > interest. I attended Tokyo Cyclemode on Sunday, the largest annual cycle > show open to the public in Japan.

Re: [RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Very interesting photo set. I'm curious about your own bike: the saddlebag isn't attached to the seatpost, so it must be supported by the fender. Is the fender reinforced in any way? What holds the pump in place at the top of the stay? And: what chainrings? The small must be a 26; how is the upsh

[RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread jeffrey kane
Awesome post ... many thanks! On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:55:05 AM UTC-5, Tokyo Crank wrote: > > Hello > > Not directly Rivendell related but I hope some might find it of some > interest. I attended Tokyo Cyclemode on Sunday, the largest annual cycle > show open to the public in Japan. It wa

Re: [RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread Tokyo Crank
The bicycles shown generally range from about ¥100,000 ( $1200~ ) for the Miyata to about ¥400,000 ( $5000~ ) for the Grand Bois Porteur, which is an order-made build. The very high yen certainly doesn't help foreign buyers - Japanese companies in all exporting industries are hurting - but I thi

Re: [RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 04:31 -0800, Michael wrote: > Those bikes must cost a fortune in Japan, to us Americans. > They look fairly similar to the sort of thing you see at NAHBS, and those bikes are certainly affordable. After all, you can go down to your LBS and spend $12,000 on a carbon

[RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread Michael
> > Those bikes must cost a fortune in Japan, to us Americans. > -- 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/-/9mf3Li_2uwcJ. To post to this grou