I understand that GP designed the San Marcos for Soma and allowed his personal name to be associated with that model for a fee. In simplest terms, he was hired as a contractor to provide a design. Usually design contracts don't permit the contractor to cash his check, then slap a different label on the finished product, and market it under a different brand.
On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:17:25 PM UTC-5, Doug Williams wrote: > > I’m looking at getting a San Marcos from Rivendell soon. Of course, I > would REALLY prefer a Roadeo, if only I could find another $1,300. But I > digress. > > As a big Rivendell fan, I have to say that the one annoying thing about > the San Marcos is the lack of anything (other than the very small print on > the chainstay) that mentions that it is a Rivendell. Well, we can’t do > anything about the decals (they have clear-coat over them) but what about > the headbadge? Couldn’t Riv put a Rivendell headbadge on the San Marcos for > those frames purchased from Riv HQ and fully assembled by Rivendell elves > with all parts purchased from Rivendell? > > Sounds petty, I know. But reading the web, I am not the only one with this > petty hang-up. A Rivendell headbadge could be a big incentive for people to > buy the San Marcos from Rivendell instead of Amazon (or wherever). > > I hear that a blow dryer will soften up the glue and allow the San Marcos > headbadge to be easily removed and replaced with a Rivendell one. J Of > course, I don’t know what the Riv contract with Soma might say about this. > > Doug > -- 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
