What's interesting is that Waterford builds single-speed frames for Ben's Cycles in Milwaukee, and they're like $500 (with fork). Granted you can't get much customization, and they're TIG'ed, and I'm sure they don't get the same loving attention that an officially Waterford frame does, but still - it's gotta be possible to knock out a standard frame in the US for a competitive price. Economies of scale only explain so much... -Dan
On Aug 20, 4:35 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 13:09 -0700, MichaelH wrote: > > I think it's a mistake to build an entire business strategy on the > > assumption that exchange rates will always work in your favor. If > > Riv. wants to continue to offer affordable, quality, lugged frames it > > needs to begin to develop on shore manufacturing capability. It can > > be done. Bilenkey offers his Delux Touring frameset for $1900, Co- > > Motion offers a high end tig welded frameset for about $1500, and I > > think Waterford is $2200, which is just petty darn close to a Toyo > > price. Why promote MUSA clothing and then abandon MUSA frames? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
