A headbadge has so much more character than a garden variety decal that I feel it's worth the additional cost & effort. It can't add $10 to the retail price of the bike, given direct costs as below plus OH & profit.
Don't forget - just those photos have created an enormous interest in these new bikes. dougP -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:56 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Hillborne and Foy Cost to make a badge in Taiwan: Tooling: About $300. Piece price: about $3. Minumum purchase: They want 250+. Time, start to finish: 6 weeks. Pro: Good service Con: Communication is more difficult, makes it harder to say "hey man, fix the funky eyeball." It's a more socially awkward comment to make--beyond the fact that "funky" or whatever may not---get thru. FYI. G On Nov 19, 7:42 pm, James Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I'd be happy with headtube decals instead of headbadges if it > helped make such bikes available to more people. If the price > difference and production effort difference is negligible, then those > nice badges are totally worth it. > > -Jim > > p.s. Carried groceries home in and outside of Loafer bags front and > rear. Many items, including a whole chicken, were held with shock cord > on top of the big loafer. This was on the AHH. Great set-up! Minimal > baggage before the store, lots of "make-do" to carry the food after the > store. > > On Nov 19, 2008, at 6:36 PM, erik jensen wrote: > > > The eyes are a bit... alien? > > > Of course, the headbadges are overall beautiful and I'm excited to see > > the actual bikes (which to me, matters far more). > > > erik > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:37 PM, nun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >> Please tell me the Betty Foy badge on the Riv site isn't the final > >> version. > >> It would be a shame to put such a nasty looking badge on a Riv bike. > >> Why not use a waterfall motif or some other allusion to her. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
