Snipped from Mark's response: "Maybe a Rivendell employee can afford a Riv because they get a company discount, and because the company pays a living wage."
This is a really great point, and maybe exposes certain unconscious bias, even among us enthusiats. I'm guessing a fair few Riv workers live car-free or extremely car-lite. If a Riv employee spent their wages on a Toyota Echo no one would bat an eye lid, but investing in a bespoke bicycle can raise eyebrows. Despite the real cost of the custom bicycle being a fraction of the cost of typical car ownership. People rarely regret paying for good quality. IanA Alberta Canada -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/da721de9-fd9e-49b1-a0f8-893a93c6dfcf%40googlegroups.com.
