I do, but maybe not so much in the way of lugs for the masses. It is only in the past few years that big brands like Specialized have offered road bikes with any tire clearance and the ability to easily get the bars in the vicinity of seat height. I personally think this has been strongly influenced by Rivendell philosophy. Every magazine test of an RBW bike that I have read, and there have been several over the years, has mentioned these sorts of things and in my opinion driven demand for (a few) more comfortable, more versatile road bike from the big companies.
Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ
On Mar 31, 2005 7:59 PM, henox <henox@icycle.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [CR]KOFs and Framebuilders
>
> Doug wrote:
>
> >"For whatever reason, Grant has been able to influence (I think) the
> > entire industry and I can't think of anybody else outside of
> > Cannondale/Trek/etc. that has done that.".
>
> Influence?
>
> Not so I would notice from visiting any of the bike shops in my area
> (Northern California).
>
> Rivendell may be a sucess as a direct marketed private label bike line but I
> really don't really see much if any inlfluence on either the industry or
> consumer demand.
>
> Hugh Enox