Well, in case you'd like to include original price in your valuation, bear in mind that the Hillborne's historical pricing is complicated. Early in 2011, framesets from Taiwan were $1,000, Waterford framesets were $1,400 (Waterford framesets may have been less expensive, say, $1,250, just as 2011 began). I suspect there's a serial-number/manufacturer relationship that RBW might be able to verify for you. My personal recollection is that canti-studded frames were all from Waterford and non-canti-studded frames were all from Taiwan. (I'd use the name of the manufacturer in Taiwan but I've never seen it.) I don't know that anyone has ever expressed the opinion that one's frames are somehow better than the other's. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean who chose Waterford to get canti-studs and two top tubes, which were available only from Waterford at one time
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:54:57 AM UTC-5, Ozonation wrote: > Hi... new here, but was advised over in Bike Forums to check this user > group! I've been seriously considering a Rivendell, and have settled in a > Sam Hillborne. I just came across a 2011 SH model going for about $1600 to > $1700 - supposedly it has low mileage. *Does this price sound reasonable? > Too good to be true?* Even better, the seller is not too far away. If I > manage to check it out, any key things I should be looking for on a used > Rivendell bike to see if its in good shape as claimed? Thanks a lot. > -- 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/-/6YN_ENqZqgIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
