Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

I just read the assembly instructions. Indeed these guys are brilliant. They have managed to make a bicycle where you can get the front wheel nuts and pedals tight enough with what looks like a four inch wrench. Even better, no grease is needed on the stem, seatpost or pedal threads. As an added bo

Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

I guess I'm missing something here. I completely agree with BSNYC - this is just a cheap simple single speed of which there are a plethora of options in that price range. I don't see this as anything other than a marketing campaign. David Chicago On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 5:49:42 PM UTC-5, cyc

Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

Yep, or that I guess, it could be exactly that. > On May 29, 2015, at 4:49 PM, "cyclotour...@gmail.com" > wrote: > > Recent topic on the internets: > http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2015/05/minute-ready-to-serve-brown-wednesday.html > > >> On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 3:28:08 PM UTC-7, tar

Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

Recent topic on the internets: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2015/05/minute-ready-to-serve-brown-wednesday.html On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 3:28:08 PM UTC-7, tarik...@gmail.com wrote: > > Spencer Wright, ex one man rando frame builder Traffic Bikes and > currently of all sorts of awesome st

Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

Spencer Wright, ex one man rando frame builder Traffic Bikes and currently of all sorts of awesome stuff, such as "the prepared" newsletter and "the public radio" single station mason jar radio, has been consulting for them, I would guess with him involved these have a chance to be pretty neat.

Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

"Brilliant Bicycles are hand-crafted at a state-of-the-art, wind-powered manufacturing facility in Taiwan. " From: Eric Daume To: rbw-owners-bunch Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company I really doubt those are MUSA at that price

Re: [RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

I really doubt those are MUSA at that price. On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Eric Norris wrote: > Thought this might be of interest to the group—a new company selling > simple MUSA bicycles: > > > http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/ex-vcs-launch-brilliant-bicycle-co-with-1-5-million-in-funding/?n

[RBW] Brilliant Bicycle Company

Thought this might be of interest to the group—a new company selling simple MUSA bicycles: http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/ex-vcs-launch-brilliant-bicycle-co-with-1-5-million-in-funding/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity_1462_4834067520792034342#.7chmya:hLTJ