Too many guys wanted the mixte but not the Betty, so we renamed the Betty, and then for the fun of it, lengthened the chainstays on the two larger models (part of the "longer chainstays are better" craze around here lately). The diaga-stay angle varies with the frame size because of the tricky lower seat tube intersection. The 60 has a diff lug than the 50, 55.
On an anally faux-French level there would be no variation, but to me (whose vote counts, I can't help that part), 1/4 of the beauty--the deep inner secret beauty--of the Cheviot/Betty is something that is hard to describe in words without seeming to sound like---"that's not what I MEANT!" But some of the ingredients of the description are here: *It is as good a bike as I can design, it has crazy unnecessary flourishes (the seat lug in particular, and the fork crown), and the graphics are spectacular and unique, and yet it is (the hard part to describe) slightly rough around the edges in a way that would be unacceptable for a showstopper that costs 2.5x as much, but is not just ACceptable for a bike of this price, but actually adds to it in a humility kind of way.* A critic would call that a cop-out, but would be wrong. We're not out to appeal to the wannabe 1950's professor with a pipe. We want, and I want, the Cheviot to be under the butts of super normal people who are open to a new world of bikes and a way of looking at them. I am probably too involved in the bike to try to describe it at this emotional level, but it is something like that. I think it should be the most popular bike we've ever made, but I also know diagatube and stays represent a high hurdle to many, and that's OK, too. It's not like it's a high-volume bike. We're getting in about 2.2 per state, early March. I hope we can sell that many before August, and then the nexties might be in January. I can't believe I didn't mention the longer chainstays, but I'm glad it came up. It was a "can't see the forest for the trees" thing. G G On Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:50:33 PM UTC-8, Christopher Mungioli wrote: > > So what's the story with the new Cheviot? There still isn't a description > up on the site, and just from looking at pictures its hard to tell what > makes it that much different from a betty foy, so why the change? Anyone > have the details? > -- 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.
