Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
I strongly disagree...many of have invested large amounts into dream bikes, we're mostly a bit older and past wannabee racer trendiness, we love steel and lugs and we value aesthetics. Many of us have or will invest in customs and/or other modern C and V KOF bikes. If Riv isn't attracting us, they have a problem.
I disagree, I'm 56 and the new line of bikes at Rivendell with their weird clothes are not appealing me in the least bit. Don't get me wrong, I love steel and I love lugs but I don't care much for dual top tubes, or sloping tubes. But thats just me. I'm sure Grant must know what he's doing, but I like the original stuff he did with the Heron, Atlantis and the Rivendell. Some of the names he came up with on his bikes later on was just cheap sounding, like Walmart, no sound of class. Their clothes have always been a bit odd but they just got worse over time.