Come On!

[Peter M]

Someone is selling the new poster on ebay if anyone just cannot wait
to see it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivendell-Bicycle-Works-Poster-/120944445817?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c28d9c979

[RJM]

Price will probably end up higher than the $32 current asking price from Riv.

 

I shake my head.

[pb]

Can we discuss the spoking pattern?  :-)

 

Has Riv ever actually offered that?  Seems unlikely.  Hmmmn, would require two different spoke lengths, if I see things correctly.

 

~pb

[Tim McNamara]

Hey, man- "shop victoriously" as the eBay TV ads used to say.


Those who can't be bothered to do a little research will end up paying more than they need to for things. I see current items go for more than retail frequently on eBay. Caveat emptor!

Tim

[Stephen S]

Looks like a Crow's Foot pattern. 

It looks like it has a set of radial spokes (for the centers) and then two of the same length spoke for the sides of each set of 3. 

I found something from Sheldon's Brown site that linked to here http://www.terminalvelocity.demon.co.uk/WheelBuild/crows.htm

[Stephen S]

Sorry, as pointed out to me, there are no radials as its 36h Crow's foot with a 4cross instead of 3. 

[Joe Bernard]

The listing claims package unopened. Who orders a poster for 20 bucks, then turns it around for maybe a $30 profit sight unseen? That seems like an awful lot of trouble for 30 bucks.

 

Joe Bernard

Vallejo, CA.

[BSWP]

Awful lot of trouble? I've seen desperate people break into parked cars to steal loose change off the floor.

I agree it doesn't seem right for someone to take advantage of RBW's low (below cost) introductory poster price and flip for profit, but it's a free market out there - which the good folks at RBW know all too well.

- Andrew, Berkeley

[Joe Bernard]

I made no inference against the seller's free-market rights.