On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 10:00:45 PM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: > > Beater Rivendell? I thought all Rivendells are suppose to be ridden to > the ground? > > Well, yeah. Which is why some aspects of this development make me scratch my head.
"Cheap"? $1,400 ain't cheap if you're an hourly-wage worker. It isn't even "affordable". Perhaps find a different word. "Value-packed", maybe. My shop does this with Surly Big Dummy frames. We build them up with a smart combination of new and used parts to keep the total price under $2,000. This is how you make bicycle transportation more affordable and more accessible. While I applaud RBW's stance on avoiding stuff made in China, I predict that this will become harder and harder to do -- and in a relatively short time. And when that happens, further developments at RBW will be interesting to watch. Off to ride my BGR (Beautiful Green Riv) -- further into the ground. Cheers --Beth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/JtO_wsfK12UJ. 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.