Answering Eric's question, I was confused until Grant's recent post. Grant's message clarifies which two bikes are on the horizon. The source of the confusion had been as follows and this repeats what Joe B just said with a bit of background added:
Appaloosa was a name for a bike that Riv made in limited quantities. Recent Blug post said they are transferring that name to a bike coming soon. If I thought that Clem Smith was the ONLY bike coming soon, then I get a bit confused. (I'm just speaking for myself there regarding confusion.) But now I know that TWO bikes are on the horizon so the Appaloosa name is being transferred to the upcoming bike that is not the Clem. So to the point of Eric's question, how are the two upcoming bikes different: > But wasn't the Clem name used for the long chainstay, canti braked, partially > TIG'd bike? Yes. That is the Clem. It will also be a budget model. But keep in mind: many Rivs are long chainstay these days. The upcoming bike that is not the Clem and will be getting the Appaloosa name: will not be a budget bike and will not be partially TIG'd (my speculation). It will be long, it will be canti-braked, it will have excellent clearance, and it will have similarities to Sam Hillborne. -Jim W. > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > They were never the same bike. There was a "long bike" which was produced as > a custom for 10 buyers sight unseen, then a few protos of a production > version were built, then Grant/Dave decided it wasn't a viable model. Now the > Appaloosa name is being transferred to a new Sam-like bike with longer > chainstays and cantis. The Clem Smith is and was the partially TIGed > lower-cost Riv. > > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > > On Saturday, November 22, 2014 4:47:23 PM UTC-8, Matthew J wrote: > Given that people had been hearing for months that the Sam's benching was to > make room for the Clem, it's reasonable for the quote above to cause the > speculation (about a possible Clem name shift) and confusion that has been > talked about on the forum over the last few days. > > I guess. But GP's earlier Clem comments were clear it was going to be a > utilitarian budget bike aimed at people who otherwise might not buy a > Rivendell. Just did not make sense to me Riv would put its best seller on > hiatus in favor of budge model its primary market might not want. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
