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R Brickston wrote:
> On 30 Aug 2006 10:54:35 -0700, "bfd" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >R Brickston wrote:
> >> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:12:12 -0700, "bfd" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"R Brickston" <rb20170REMOVE.yahoo.com@> wrote in message
> >> >news:[email protected]...
> >> >>. It may not seem like a value (frameset only!), but
> >> >> if you look at the Seven website, it makes you lean towards believing
> >> >> that it is.
> >> >
> >> >That's called *MARKETING.* Remember, Seven is partially owned by a bunch of
> >> >MBAs....
> >> >
> >>
> >> Yeah, they gotta try and sell them somehow. I don't think the MBA's
> >> interfere with the quality of the product. I think they are the one of
> >> the largest high end frame makers in the US.
> >
> >You're right, the MBA's don't interfere, or at least you hope they
> >don't, with the quality of the product. They just make you think that
> >their product is *superior* to anyone else. How else do you think Seven
> >has become one fo the largest frame makers?
> >
> >If you were truly interested in getting *value,* you would be looking
> >at something like Bruce Gordon's BLT. For about the price of a Seven's
> >frame, you can get an entire touring bike instead of just the frameset:
> >
> >http://www.bgcycles.com/blt.html
> >
> >If you wanted to spend more, check out the Rock n' Roll:
> >
> >http://www.bgcycles.com/rnr.html
> >
> >Further, in past year or so, Bruce's work has won six awards,
> >world-wide:
> >
> >http://www.bgcycles.com/winner.html
> >
> >What has Seven done recently?
>
> I'm sure BG does great stuff, don't know wether I want the retro look
> though.
>
> His fitting process seems to require less info than one would expect:
>
> http://www.bgcycles.com/framesiz.html
I doubt there are many people on the planet that know more about
fitting a loaded touring bike than Bruce Gordon. His process seems
simple because he doesn't try to bamboozle you with pseudo-tech BS.
> On 30 Aug 2006 10:54:35 -0700, "bfd" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >R Brickston wrote:
> >> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:12:12 -0700, "bfd" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"R Brickston" <rb20170REMOVE.yahoo.com@> wrote in message
> >> >news:[email protected]...
> >> >>. It may not seem like a value (frameset only!), but
> >> >> if you look at the Seven website, it makes you lean towards believing
> >> >> that it is.
> >> >
> >> >That's called *MARKETING.* Remember, Seven is partially owned by a bunch of
> >> >MBAs....
> >> >
> >>
> >> Yeah, they gotta try and sell them somehow. I don't think the MBA's
> >> interfere with the quality of the product. I think they are the one of
> >> the largest high end frame makers in the US.
> >
> >You're right, the MBA's don't interfere, or at least you hope they
> >don't, with the quality of the product. They just make you think that
> >their product is *superior* to anyone else. How else do you think Seven
> >has become one fo the largest frame makers?
> >
> >If you were truly interested in getting *value,* you would be looking
> >at something like Bruce Gordon's BLT. For about the price of a Seven's
> >frame, you can get an entire touring bike instead of just the frameset:
> >
> >http://www.bgcycles.com/blt.html
> >
> >If you wanted to spend more, check out the Rock n' Roll:
> >
> >http://www.bgcycles.com/rnr.html
> >
> >Further, in past year or so, Bruce's work has won six awards,
> >world-wide:
> >
> >http://www.bgcycles.com/winner.html
> >
> >What has Seven done recently?
>
> I'm sure BG does great stuff, don't know wether I want the retro look
> though.
>
> His fitting process seems to require less info than one would expect:
>
> http://www.bgcycles.com/framesiz.html
I doubt there are many people on the planet that know more about
fitting a loaded touring bike than Bruce Gordon. His process seems
simple because he doesn't try to bamboozle you with pseudo-tech BS.