grant: This little corner of the bicycling world has a lot of faith in your designs and trust in your selection of components, execution of details, etc. If the gamblers on this bike are as happy with the result as I expect them to be, do you have any idea how long the line is going to be next time you start musing along the lines of "...I've got this idea...."?
dougP On Jun 26, 8:42 am, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Three of the so-far-eight gamblers have PBH of 95+, with a 99 already > in there. So...although ifwhen a production model happens, we'll limit > it to 3-4 sizes, on the gambler's run, it looks like they'll be made > to fit, anyway. But there is a detail that makes them fit a slighly > wider range fine. Still, I've having to design bigger ones than I'd > expected to. No biggie, can do it, and Nobi certainly can make 'em. > Uno left, but we may just have it built and keep it as a demo here, as > a sample to show in case we have a production model. Mine could be > that, too, but it would be good to have two styles, etc. > > It's a fun and educational project for me, personallyprofessionally. > It reveals some gaps in the framebuilding supplies menu, and I've got > to figure out whether to turn left or right, so I talk to the guys > here about it. "Simple or superfluous?" comes up a lot. Is > "superfluous" just more versatile, or is it too much? Options are in > general desirable, but too many options are mean and confusing. The > bike won't look radically weird. People on the street may stop and > look and know they're looking at something special or unusual, but > they won't see the stuff I think it neat about it. Of course, it is > all theory at this point. I could be wrong about it. The first one > made will be mine, and if I'm wrong about what I think should be the > coolest thing about the bike, then I'll go to plan A & 1/2 for the > gamblers, and that should nail it. Gamblers or not, I don't want to > design a monkey bike for anybody, and the leap-uh-faith that's going > on is something I take super seriously, and don't want to blow it. -- 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-bunch@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.
