I guess I'm missing something here. I completely agree with BSNYC - this is just a cheap simple single speed of which there are a plethora of options in that price range. I don't see this as anything other than a marketing campaign. David Chicago
On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 5:49:42 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Recent topic on the internets: > http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2015/05/minute-ready-to-serve-brown-wednesday.html > > > On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 3:28:08 PM UTC-7, tarik...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Spencer Wright, ex one man rando frame builder Traffic Bikes and >> currently of all sorts of awesome stuff, such as "the prepared" newsletter >> and "the public radio" single station mason jar radio, has been consulting >> for them, I would guess with him involved these have a chance to be pretty >> neat. Links to all of the above with a cool wheel building in Taiwan video >> linked through here: >> >> >> http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2015/01/couple-of-things-saturday-bike-wheels.html >> >> >> Later, >> >> Tarik >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 29, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Eric Norris <campyo...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Thought this might be of interest to the group—a new company selling >> simple MUSA bicycles: >> >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/ex-vcs-launch-brilliant-bicycle-co-with-1-5-million-in-funding/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity_1462_4834067520792034342#.7chmya:hLTJ >> >> >> According to the article, their goal is to sell “reasonably priced bikes >> to people who care more about simplicity and color than specs and ounces." >> >> Hmmm … who else does that? They also point at mainstream cycling >> companies whose ads feature, "pictures of high-end racing bikes ridden >> by middle-aged, spandex-clad men." >> >> Oh, by the way, their prices start at $299 with free shipping in the USA. >> >> --Eric Norris >> campyo...@me.com >> www.campyonly.com >> campyonlyguy.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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.