Roberta, I'm with you. I'm not sure I understand the "hidden menu". I'm sure Grant and company do it for a reason, but I don't know what it is. My guess about pushing frames in inventory vs. made to measure is pure speculation and being curious out loud. And I think you're right about there being some groups of people that would be in the market for one set of models and not the other. Until recently I was firmly in the "not really interested in long wheelbase" camp. I think I'm starting to come around, or at least around enough to be open minded about it.
I definitely appreciate your offer of a test ride! I haven't done a good PBH measurement, but run a saddle height of ~75cm and am 5'10" (even if that darn nurse at my checkup pegged me at 5' 9-3/4" a while back, I'm claiming that extra quarter inch!!). I suspect the sizing would be off by a bit, though maybe you've let someone my size test ride before? Kurt Henry Lancaster, PA On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 7:42:20 PM UTC-5, Roberta wrote: > > Kurt, > > It seemed to me that if a business has something they are willing to sell > (I assume at a good profit), they'd let potential buyers know. (That is > just my unused marketing degree talking. I don't mean to be armchair > quarterbacking of running their business.) I wonder how many who have read > this thread and now that they can put down money on their grail bike will > do it. I'd also guess that some of the potential buyers who'd want a > previous model might be different buyers than those of the current models. > No company is immune from this, even the one I work for. Some of our > customers buy items from other companies because they didn't know/we didn't > tell them that we ALSO sold them. > > I hadn't heard of Rivendell until only a few years ago. I test rode a few > and they were all very nice. Then, I got on the Joe Appaloosa and OMG!!!! > I purchased it right away. I'm in Philadelphia and my Joe A. is 51 cm. If > you are nearby, I'd be happy let you ride it or my 54.5 AHH or both. I > rarely go west, but I could also meet you at Valley Forge or thereabouts. > > Roberta > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7c8a0be5-21aa-4afe-aba8-ade4e15cbc26%40googlegroups.com.
