Tony, Was there a larger Hilsen 650b made? This is a really good question...
I'm presuming as in the other end of the spectrum (smaller sized frames) there is less demand for bikes in larger stand overs. Rivendell has learned a lesson or two in moving/selling those frames at either end...a buddy of mine bought a 47 cm Hilsen for half of what I paid for my Hilsen lucky so & so...it's the old distribution model where businesses would project what sizes and number of units they needed and rolled the dice they'd all sell. These days the distribution chain is more controlled (thanks to computers) and you see less actual deals because of leftover stock. Instead retailers (not talking bike frames here) mark up their products 2.5 to 3 times wholesale with the notion that at the end of the season they can mark down and recover their investment. Rivendell works off the old model because that's 1.) the way the frame & fork industry operates in small batches (unless your Trek or Specialized) and 2.) I'm also assuming here they figure on doing customs for the sizes outside the average these days (not bashing Riv here) and deferring the financial burden to the buyer of their non standard sizes. I never really realized that my Hilsen was the largest 650b they listed/produced. I also know that you know all this it's just me being didactic for my own sake. ~Hugh "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hugh, > > I think you and Peter are right on wrt stand over/pbh as the guide line. > I just don't understand why the Homer wouldn't have the same type of info > available for sizing that the other Riv's have. > > I definitely want to get out to CO or find someone I can test ride an All > Road from at some point, it looks like a great frame. > > It's too bad that there isn't a clear, non-custom Riv option for a ~90pbh > person in 650B these days. (Got to refer back to Grant's post about the > 'simple-one' where he mentions this kind of sentiment where you pine for a > bike you didn't buy when it was available! :) ) > > Tony > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/c1DX1Uvl2JA/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
