on 8/20/09 2:28 PM, Dustin Sharp at dsh...@runbox.com wrote: > Anyone know who else Toyo is building for? How much of a hit would losing > the Atlantis contract be to their business?
As an infrequent reader of the Toyo blog translation, I'd come to the opinion that they have begun gaining significant noteriety for their own brand - in all sorts of disciplines (e.g. keirin, bmx). If anything, I'd bet it's been more difficult to get runs through the system in a timely manner. If you read back in the Readers and such, it does seem like the runs of Atlantii, Hilsens, Rambouillets, etc always had to fit into their schedule of production. On two other themes in this thread, I gotta say "Whoa there!" - - Atlantii _are_ available now, so yeah, it makes sense to buy one if you want one. They aren't gone yet. It was probably just my frame of mind this week, but it seemed like a hint of panic was developing in successive posts. - As long as Grant has to sign off on a Rivendell bicycle model, I would expect there to be a strong attention to detail. So, if they need to be built in Taiwan or other locations, I would expect that the builder they choose will be the best available. In the case of the Hillborne/Foy/Gomez, it's meant a stellar design and quality fabrication for $1K. Two or three years ago, there was a thread-that-wouldn't-die on the ibob list lamenting that Rivendell didn't have a bike in that price range. Further, there couldn't be a better model to "shop" around to different manufacturers. They have about 10 years of sales figures, production figures, etc, and should be able to forecast (to the extent that _anyone_ can right now) reasonable demand. So, if they go to Waterford or Maxway or whoever, it's with pretty good numbers. Toyo blog (translated via google) http://tinyurl.com/toyoblog-translated - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net "One Cog - Zero Excuses" L/S T-shirt - Now available http://www.cyclofiend.com/stuff Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
