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And yes overall the Clementine sort of slid into a Niche, but I don't think that category really existed 20 years ago. Or at least there wasn't anyone who thought they could make hay with it.
To me the Electra Townie really staked out that territory of something casual, that was a bit more serious than a cruiser, but not built for serious "bikers".
And Clementine riders by and large take it a bit more serious still.
...I wonder how many people just buy one Rivendell and then keep riding it for 20 years never to be bothered to get another one. I am not one of those people.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 3:39 PM Ryan M. <ryan.merr...@gmail.com> wrote:...I wonder how many people just buy one Rivendell and then keep riding it for 20 years never to be bothered to get another one. I am not one of those people.
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"Yes" to "... buy one Rivendell and then keep riding it for20 years ..." and "No" to "never to be bothered to get another one."My favorite bike of all time is my 1999 Joe Starck custom Riv Road, but I've bought and sold on 4 other Rivs as I found other bikes better suited to my admittedly idiosyncratic taste.BUT!! These other replacements have all been refined by what I learned from riding those 4 Rivs that I sold on; the most recent being that 2003 Curt Goodrich; I loved it, rode it, discovered a flaw*, and replaced it, the outstanding replacement standing on the shoulder of that previous giant.* I think I've never experienced "planing," but I finally realize I've experienced its opposite: The 2003 just didn't go like the 1999; come to an incline, turn into a headwind, and it got sluggish, didn't respond properly to higher exertion, and hurt my quads. Excessively thick-walled OS tubing? Again, 7 lb F + F + Ultegra alloy HS for a 58 c-c, where my 60 c-c Libertas weighs 5.9 F + F + STEEL (old Campy Record) HS. At any rate, the replacement, with thinwall standard tubing just seems more eager.
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There is a major flaw in the RBW Business Model. They forgot to include planned obsolesce. Really, how can you expect to grow a business when your products not only don't wear out they don't even loose their sex appeal? Certainly Trek didn't make that mistake and see how they have grown since 1983 when I bought a 620.
Holy Cow Batman. I have just checked back in on this thread. Where I had only intended to inject a little irony and a humor, I find we have now descended, or ascended if you prefer, into the metaphysics of Aquinas. Can anyone tell us if Satre had an opinion about bicycles?