"great frame but a little behind the curve in terms of trends/ riding styles/ preferences."@K.Wong What frames are the trend and preferences today? What's the next step for these companies to leave Standard and/or S&M behind? Seems today alot of people want a strait tube frame that is strong also. That is what Standard & S&M are offering today. They have always had great products, but now they are bringing it back into the Flatland market. What is your definition of "behind the curve" & what can you compare that too(the new frames today)?
With regards to this frame being behind the curve by the time it's released, the frame should be going into production by next month. I sincerely doubt the trends will change too dramatically in that time frame
I dont think it would matter if they made a straight tube or bendy or cross tube or whatever, just the fact standard are gona put a frame out to the mass market and sell it as a flat frame is good enough for me!
Quote from: i_cant_ride on December 03, 2012, 06:39:36 PMWith regards to this frame being behind the curve by the time it's released, the frame should be going into production by next month. I sincerely doubt the trends will change too dramatically in that time frameI`m in touch with Rick on very regular basis and there is no way that there is a production frame that`s going to happen in a month. The freestyle forks have been in the testing stage for over a year and no pictures have surfaced. The deal is just this if you want a custom frame with outstanding quality Standard will build it, but it`s going to cost you custom frame prices $500-$1000 if you think I`m full of it I can show you my four figure price quote for my frame. Rick builds high end Made In The U.S.A. Standard goodness. For Standard to make a production flat frame and not loose there ass on it they would have to have a huge batch of frames pre ordered it`s that simple. So on that note the two Standard frames in this thread are super sweet custom one off frames and we should leave it at that instead of filling peoples heads with ideas that probably won`t happen for a very long time.
Quote from: suicidepan on December 04, 2012, 02:37:28 AMQuote from: i_cant_ride on December 03, 2012, 06:39:36 PMWith regards to this frame being behind the curve by the time it's released, the frame should be going into production by next month. I sincerely doubt the trends will change too dramatically in that time frameI was in contact with him today and will be tomorrow as well I gotta ask him about this one it`s sounds too good to be true..... I`m in touch with Rick on very regular basis and there is no way that there is a production frame that`s going to happen in a month. The freestyle forks have been in the testing stage for over a year and no pictures have surfaced. The deal is just this if you want a custom frame with outstanding quality Standard will build it, but it`s going to cost you custom frame prices $500-$1000 if you think I`m full of it I can show you my four figure price quote for my frame. Rick builds high end Made In The U.S.A. Standard goodness. For Standard to make a production flat frame and not loose there ass on it they would have to have a huge batch of frames pre ordered it`s that simple. So on that note the two Standard frames in this thread are super sweet custom one off frames and we should leave it at that instead of filling peoples heads with ideas that probably won`t happen for a very long time. almost all of what you just said is incorrect. I've been in daily contact with Rick and he's all in for building a flatland frame. He plans to make a limited batch next month to see how they sell.
Quote from: i_cant_ride on December 03, 2012, 06:39:36 PMWith regards to this frame being behind the curve by the time it's released, the frame should be going into production by next month. I sincerely doubt the trends will change too dramatically in that time frameI was in contact with him today and will be tomorrow as well I gotta ask him about this one it`s sounds too good to be true..... I`m in touch with Rick on very regular basis and there is no way that there is a production frame that`s going to happen in a month. The freestyle forks have been in the testing stage for over a year and no pictures have surfaced. The deal is just this if you want a custom frame with outstanding quality Standard will build it, but it`s going to cost you custom frame prices $500-$1000 if you think I`m full of it I can show you my four figure price quote for my frame. Rick builds high end Made In The U.S.A. Standard goodness. For Standard to make a production flat frame and not loose there ass on it they would have to have a huge batch of frames pre ordered it`s that simple. So on that note the two Standard frames in this thread are super sweet custom one off frames and we should leave it at that instead of filling peoples heads with ideas that probably won`t happen for a very long time.