as a wild guess: fancier paint job, lots of rack mounts, more expensive fork blades.
On Sep 10, 5:25 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, maybe $1K. Half price from a Homer. But if the San Marcos can average > $750 retail, why couldn't other Taiwanese bikes (single TT, single color)? > > I guess that raises the question, why does a Taiwanese made Sam H cost more > than a Taiwanese San Marcos? > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I doubt the price would go that low David, maybe $1000 like the original > > Hillbornes. I would buy one at that price that fits fat tires with a single > > top tube and lugs, no discs please. > > On the stem issue, to me it's tough to build a production bike and get > > everything to line up for everybody type. So those with longer legs and > > shorter torso's end up with taller stems. For me most of the Riv's fit > > pretty well with just the right amount of stem, so I prefer quills. > > > ~mike > > Carlsbad Ca > > >> -- > > 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/-/GHKj1PWdWEEJ. > > > 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. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > "Osama Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive." -- *Joe Biden* -- 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.