Originally Posted by
revcp
I've never ridden a Rivendell. People really love them, so I would like to try one out one of these days. Can't see myself buying one, though, as even $1,500 is too rich for me. I also really, really, really can't stand their smug IBike writing style. The Dollar Store bit that yucks at actual poverty is bad. Almost as bad is this: "...lots of people can’t afford $2600 for a bike, and although there are a FEW good bikes that sell for a thousand or more less, there aren’t all that many, and we figure we can do as good a job (+) as anybody." Absolutely insufferable.
That new bike model that Rivendell sells for $1,500 is not a Rivendell, it's a bike they spec'd out of Taiwan; Rivendell sells a bike model called Rivendell, the frameset alone starts at $3,500 and it's made by Mark Nobilette in the USA. The only other models made in the USA bike Rivendell sells is the Atlantis, Roadeo, Hunqapillar, and the A Homer Hilsen which are made by Waterford here in the USA. All the prices Rivendell quote is for frame and fork only no components. Rivendell also sells the Soma San Marcus which you can get on line for a bit less money elsewhere, Rivendell sells it for $900, but again the prices are just frame and fork, however I have heard complaints that the frame is a bit noodly.