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Wut?
Well of course and it's not just slow selling accessories that is the problem here.
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Maybe, who knows? The original owner sold out a couple years ago and is now poking around the country in a van. I love V-O and hope the new couple are doing well with it, but I don't think they're blogging business reports.
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theyve never begged for money either
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I agree Rambouillet was a cool name, but it was kind of a mess online back then before everybody was typing on phones with spell check. It almost always got shortened to Ram (even Rambo!) so from a marketing perspective the actual name of the frame was practically non-existent.
But frankly I'm not a big fan of names for bikes, I would prefer they all had Rivendell on the downtube and more of a descriptor as the model name like Road, Tour or Country. I have a Seven Alaris...wth is an Alaris?? |
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Ha!
Bazinga! And yes, VO is surviving in the same environment.
How long can Riv employees go on with a 40% with no real feeling that things are in no way going to get better? |
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"Good looking, functional, well-selling bike replaced by worse bike with esoteric geo that no one wants to ride" has happened over and over again. It's time for Riv to hang it up.
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The Roadeo was ugly with esoteric geo?? Come on, man, it's hard to take you seriously.
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Also some confusion is the correct pronunciation of Rambouillet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYH-PzCn4uA |
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Also, I'm not sure how the Roadini being a sloping-toptube steel road bike makes it weird. There's a million bikes like that out there.
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im thinking the 'roadeo' has got to be the dumbest bike name in all of cycledom
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It's hard to take you seriously when you immediately jump down the throat of every person on this forum that has suggested Riv hasn't made 100% perfect decisions leading them where they are - near complete failure.
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Sloping top tube is great! 190mm HT (in the "54cm" size) for bars above the saddle and chainstays longer than a Long Haul Trucker on a "road" bike are ludicrous.
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