I would imagine that, given the universe of eBay buyers, the sale of a now defunct Rivendell bag made by Duluth or Frost River (the Rivendell Boxy bag and the "Little Joe" saddlebag that were sold recently were of this vintage) doesn't necessarily mean that the demand for these bag would justify their return to the Rivendell bag line. Personally, I think that some of the current Rivendell bags are better designs than the earlier models. The present SackVille BarSack, for example, is definitely (IMO) a better designed bag than the earlier Boxy Bag that was made by Duluth or Frost River. I owned the earlier model (and subsequently sold it on eBay), and I never really liked the method of closure of the bag's top.
In addition, for Rivendell to establish another bag supplier to re-do the older bags doesn't really sound very practical. From a business perspective, and the ability to maintain a stock of the bags that they sell, too many suppliers would just be a headache for the Rivendell operations. I do think that the availability of the current Rivendell bags in additional colors (especially an olive green or khaki) would be a nice idea. Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Nov 7, 10:42 pm, Eric <ericwolfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've watched with great anticipation some great older Riv bags on > eBay. > > Recently, this handlebar bag fetched more than $200 > > Found > here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320611490808&ssPag... > > Another Baggins style saddle bag fetched close to $180 on eBay. So > obviously there is a demand for well designed bags, as the way Acorn > bags are in stock for what seems like seconds. And I'm a more recent > Riv aficionado so I missed out on buying 'em. > > Anyways, why doesn't Riv reissue these bags? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
