Yeah, trying to get them to correct the errors has been like pulling hens' teeth.
I know the photographer took some photos of the lugs, but for whatever reason they chose not to run them with the article. On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:57:53 PM UTC-7, Shoji Takahashi wrote: > > I'm so happy for you, Cecily! > > I hope they can fix some of the factual errors-- but I think it's tough > for non-bikers to see the actual price without cringing. (For me, not too > long ago ~$1,200 seemed like a lot for a complete bike. But that Crosscheck > was a gateway to bicycles, and I'm thankful and fortunate that I jumped > into the Riv pool. Love my Hunqapillar.... and I'd love to try others.) > > Also-- ask the photographer to get some pics of the LUGS (with the heart > cut outs)! I love the story of how Grant P. hand sketched a heart onto the > lug design (lower head-tube lug, I think), asked the lug-casting company > (maybe Long Shen?) to do that, and it came out just as sketched. Not a > symmetrical heart like you'd see by computer, but a nicely asymmetric and > organic heart. There's a blug post or RR about it... I'll see if I can find > it, but others on this group have a better memory. > > Happy riding, Shoji > > > > On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:24:22 PM UTC-4, Cecily Walker wrote: >> >> A friend wrote a profile of me and my Betty Foy for a local newspaper: >> http://www.vancourier.com/sports/cycling-the-dream-of-custom-wheels-come-true-1.620588 >> >> A lot of the factual details around price are wrong, but I've asked her >> to correct a few of those. >> > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
