+1 - It would be great to see a budget Atlantis/Allrounder. But in a way, Surly have that covered with the LHT and it has choice of the mainstream 26" or 700 wheel sizes. The 26" LHT in the larger sizes looks fabulous built up (and could be built around 650b conceivably). Surly have such a high sales volume on the LHT so there is economy of scale there. Thorn Cycles in the UK have the Sherpa which makes a fabulous value for money 26" wheel tourer/allrounder too - and nicely finished. But no comparison to Rivendell in terms of finish. I'm very pleased with my Riv LL - the workmanship is something to behold. Is it really possible to build Riv quality at a low price?
On Friday, February 22, 2013 10:42:28 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: > > > A full bike that is Atlantis-like in capability and lugged selling for > around $1500 would be the absolute best deal for sale in bikes. It would > be like the LHT but better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Morgano > Sent: Feb 22, 2013 9:28 PM > To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Budget Riv? Still on the horizon? > > With a powder coat, no head badge and using existing lug designs I bet you > could sell a Taiwan frame at around the 600-700 dollar price range. With a > budget build you could have a whole bike brand new for under 1,500, > although I know the talk was about coming in around 1k. > On Feb 22, 2013 11:28 PM, "Mike Schiller" > <mikey...@rocketmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> how about something like a Sam that fits 50mm tires with Canti brakes? >> Seems like that would get a lot of interest. Kind of a low cost >> Hunqapillar. >> We all want to run the big tires like the new Big Bens and others. >> >> ~mike >> Carlsbad Ca. >> >> On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:58:02 AM UTC-8, murphyjrfk wrote: >>> >>> Does any one know if the budget riv is still being considered planned >>> anything? I hope so. And sooner rather than later. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
