As a "gambler", I'm quite pleased GP is serious about this. I gambled on my Riv custom about 9 years ago, and every ride is like putting on my favorite pair of jeans.
A pair of dice headbadge is stuck in my feeble mind. I'll have to work on that. On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:57 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
