After hemming and hawing, obsessing and compulsing for the better part of a week, I finally gave in and took the plunge. I just ordered a Kogswell 700C P/R frameset from Trinity Bicycles. Plunking down the moolah for this is a leap of blind faith, since finalized details of this frame haven't yet been made public, nor has a photo of the finished frame set been produced. In fact, the forks for these frames are still somewhere on their way to the US from Taiwan, I think. However, this frameset basically represents the ultimate fat-tire-capable iBOB bike, and since the 700C-wheeled version is only going to be made in seriously limited numbers (reported:20), and since this frame is just my size (59cm), I wanted to get my foot in early to secure one!
We'll see what happens next!
Have you been given an ETA for your Kogswell?
ReplyDeleteI know they've been plagued before by open-ended delivery times and I'm just curious.
Quoting from this KOG message...
ReplyDelete"The 59 x 700Cs need forks, which will ship, along with the
rest of the frames, next week."
I'm assuming that means they'll ship _from Taiwan_ next week.
So yeah, no real ETA as of yet.
Wow! Big step there Jim! Can't wait to see it and help get it all trail-dusty!
ReplyDeleteThis thread from the KOG list is particularly interesting...
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