On the mid-back burner is a model of limited appeal because it'll come only in a 67cm with a 6-deg upsloping TT---a Sammish bike but a hair beefier and in a few ways NOT a Sam. Working name, which I won't have the cajones to go thru with, is the Clem Smith Jr. (the "Smitty"?) At this stage of development, that is what I'm calling it. It's like a superbeefy Sam for the tall and beefy hillbilly who doesn't sell enough pelts and gin and baby pigs to afford a custom. But it will be a super neat bike---with differences that make sense in a hugey, and still with the normal stuff we gotta have in all our bikes. Yes, lugs, etc. It may be a year and a half out. We aren't sure where it makes sense to make it---Taiwan or WF or Nobi---cost varies, and there are mins to consider and cash flow and timing and all the fun stuff that rule our world here---but BIKEWISE, it'll be neat. This is a "roadish" bike, but here that means any road, even road that aren't "country maintained."
On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:36:51 PM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > Seems like anything "new" would be pretty similar to the Hilsen, but > perhaps in a different color and with a different name. The roadish > Rivendell category is somewhat tightly constrained. I kinda doubt we'll see > a new Riv with press-in BB or a tapered headtube for zero-stack headset > anytime soon. > > On Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:00:58 AM UTC-6, Michael wrote: >> >> Or do you think the Hilsen has a lock on it for now for the >> general-use-mobile? >> >> The reason I ask is because if I had to buy a new bike soon, it would >> have to be the Hilsen for my taste/needs (commutin'/rec-rides). >> Was wondering if sum-n' new might come out since they seem to stop >> production on frames every few years and come out with a new model >> replacement. >> >> Just ponderin'. >> >> > -- 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/-/cC9JG9mq238J. 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.
