I thought it would be interesting if someone could set up a google survey on this to see how the numbers came back. Like others have said, recognizing that there are a lot of variables that I don't know about and probably wouldn't understand, I will share my uneducated opinion.
Go build to order on the Waterford frames, but keep them all available. Don't need to stock demo's at Riv HQ. Even if this mean a small price increase. This is a boundary condition for me. I bought an AHH because I wanted a MUSA bike. I am an engineer in the manufacturing industry. >From there, and this is where it gets hard. Keep the Sam, the quintessential Riv. and the Taiwan lower cost of entry country bike. Keep the Cheviot, it is leading a step through renaissance. With more roadies hitting 60, this bike will continue to sell. Keep both the Clem models, maybe tweak the design a bit to fill the loss of the... Drop Appy. I love the Apppaloosa, but... I mean I really love this bike, but if it is being marketed primarily as a loaded tourer, there is a lot of competition in that space and plenty of options. If I really have to have a Riv for touring, I'm going to pony up the $$$ for the Atlantis. Add Roadini, I think Riv is going to kill it on this bike. The bike world is going bananas with comfortable geometry and endurance wiz bang. When a person swings a leg over a beautiful steel road bike that has high handle bars, wow. It is a better ride than anything else. Scott On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 7:48:47 PM UTC-6, Tim wrote: > > In Grants email that went out yesterday he said that they're going to be > discontinuing some models because there's not room to stock them all. > Soooooo.....this should be a fun exercise (and for many of us a little gut > wrenching). Let's decide which bikes to keep and which to wave a fond > farewell to, remembering, of course, that I'm sure you could always get any > of the models as a custom. Grant didn't say how many they'd be keeping so > on your response you can either: 1. Say how many different types of bikes > to stock, and which ones, or 2. Rank them in order, with #1 being the bike > they absolutely must stock. Here's my list: > > Atlantis > A. Homer Hilsen > Roadeo > Joe Appaloosa > Clem Smith Jr. > Clementine/Clem Smith Jr. L-Type > > My (probably flawed) reasoning: > Atlantis must always be there. It's the quintessential Riv. Hilsen is an > awesome "country bike". Roadeo fills the "go fast" category. Clem is the > one for rough stuff and Clementine takes care of the mixte/step-through, at > a very good price. And the Joe Appaloosa is, for lack of a better > description, the "poor man's Atlantis. > > Full disclosure: I currently have a Hilsen, Roadeo, Hunqapillar, and my > girlfriend has a Sam, with a tandem in the oven. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
