Originally Posted by
niknak
Gunnar comes to mind, and they sell for around $800.
*Gunnars are a quality Waterford product. Looks like they are made here too.
*Couldn't find anything on the Riv site that said Waterford was making bikes for them again, they did in the beginning of Riv though.
This is a copy from their site {Currently, our customs are made by either Curt Goodrich or Mark Nobilette. Both have their own private businesses, but squeeze in a few frames for us, as well. In a perfect situation they'd build only for us, but life and business don't work that-a-way, and so we get what we can from both.}
Riv used to have another frame builder, and about the time they started with all the different models & they were begging folks to buy their stuff, he went away. About that same time is when all the foreign made frames came about & they were hiring more staff. Seemed odd to me.
*Several posters have said that Toyo is a great frame builder. Question: Have you heard that from anyone other than Riv? I haven't yet.
*Great points freako, too many of us overlook these things.
*Sweet looking bike Booger1! What sized pistons are those gonna be? (nothing like 3 or 400 horse outa 2 jugs)