The Roadini frame and fork for $800. That's an incredibly good price. And that new ball and socket seat lug! Gotta have it.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 10:45:10 PM UTC-8, Grant @ Rivendell wrote: > > So far the plan is something like (by memory, I'm not at work) > 62-16 > 58-22 > 55-22 > 51-20 > 48-10 90 total > > From my point of view it should be easy to sell those, because if you WANT > a road bike the Roadini should stop you in your tracks...but I am not good > at those kinds of predictions. > > I expect some will go to dealers, and we'll end up with about 60 bikes to > sell. I'm working on a flyer--attached. We'll start including this in > orders and put it online soon. It may have typos, but it's not final. > > I expect this will be our only run of them. We have to be careful, we > can't afford to store bikes...and if it so happens that OUR customers don't > want this kind of bike, we aren't going to get any more of them, and lesson > learned. I'll get one myself--it's been years since I've had a road bike, > and I do come from there and don't hate them, and it IS my company and > all...and when, in the flyer, I talk about a prospective buyer who kinda > wants a road bike but can't or won't spend a lot of money on it and likes > variety--- it's entirely about me there--but there must be some others. > > To get to Ryan's question: If these sell well, we'll do one more run, and > if we can get commitments for six big-boy Roadini frames, we'll make ten of > them. > > The graphics are good. There are some neat things on it--it's far from a > generic cheap tig bike. Too early for geometry stuff. I have that, of > course, but basically it's a predictable Rivendell, and I hope that gives > some comfort to anybody who might worry. I didn't look up "contemporary > road bike frame geometry" and go from there. > > That's all I can say about the Roadini until we get our samples. > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Abcyclehank <hanki...@me.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Grant, >> Will the Roadini come in a 68cm? JK. Thanks for all the great bike you >> have put out for us vertically challenged riders in the 100cm pbh range. >> You have provided a freedom, and returned that childlike existence to my >> riding career. Forever indebted to you, your vision, and RBW as a whole. >> The staff and team you put together is amazing every one I have ever had >> the pleasure of dealing with. >> >> sincerely, >> Ryan Hankinson >> 68cm Atlantis >> 68cm Custom >> Future owner of >> "Jumbo" large HHH >> Will's Rosco Mountain Mixte >> >> p.s. I know those on the other side of the spectrum are just as happy as >> I. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/FS3F8Q7M86g/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
