I think they went away because the world has tens of thousands of decent 1970s and 1980s 531 lugged, butted, frames with horizontal rear drop outs. Most have road-sport geometry (73 degree seat tubes), many have clearance for 32mm tires. You can make a single speed, a very good one, for the price of a rear wheel.
On Friday, November 22, 2013 9:09:49 PM UTC-6, Christopher Murray wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone knew why these bikes are no longer made. They > seem very popular and the people who have one seem very pleased. I have > heard several state it is their favorite bike. I assume that the QB went > away due to The Lord of the Rings name and became the SO- but why no more > SO? > > I assume it was too much of a niche product and too expensive. In other > words, not enough people willing to pay the better part of $2,000 for a > bike with one (or four) gears. I imagine it must cost as much to make a Sam > as a SO but people aren't willing to pay as much for the SO. It seemed to > me like even the description of the SO on Riv.com was a little apologetic > about the price. > > Anyone know the story here? Willing to speculate? Are they gone for good? > > Cheers! > Chris > > -- 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.
