It could work for someone who wants a comfortable, entry level bike. One's first bike is rarely one's last.
Don't know about recommendations. Especially a first bike should be ridden, compared, pondered a bit. dougP On Sunday, February 16, 2014 7:43:47 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Then I wouldn't recommend it :-) > > I was guessing the price-point based on that of my default bike > recommendation for cheap newbies: > http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/tourist.htm > > Seems like it's a lower end build than the that, so couldn't imagine it > would be more. > > > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On 02/16/2014 08:49 PM, cyclotourist wrote: >> >>> Remember, this is for someone that wants really, really cheap. What >>> other steel road bikes all there for less that $500? >>> >> >> What leads you to believe the New Albion Homebrew complete bicycle is >> less than $500? Phattire.com says list is $1,099.00 but they're selling >> it for$949.00 -- a far cry from "less than $500." >> >> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> 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.
