Ahh, that makes sense. I didn't think about the manufacturing logistics. The Joe looks like a great bike too, I recently sold my Hillborne frameset, because I wanted something with more clearance. Cant afford to plunk down $2100 for a preorder even if it's a great deal. Once/if frameset comes along, I will definitely pounce on it.
On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 9:50:14 AM UTC-5, Shoji Takahashi wrote: > > I think it's more of a cash flow thing. Manufacturers probably want to set > up once (for each size) to cut tubes, set up jigs, weld, and be done with > 'em. Each time they change to a different size/spec, there's time lost. > > Riv will probably be fine with a few unsold frames-- but paying for all > the frames upfront is tough to manage. > > (I think the Clem situation of selling all the pre-sale frames was > unusual, and not really expected. Goes to show the demand for a > well-thought bike at a nice price point.) > > Hope Riv sells out of these, too. I'd love to have one, but the overlap > with my Rivs and own cashflow means I'll probably pass for now. > > happy riding, > shoji > > > On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 9:20:37 AM UTC-5, Philip Kim wrote: >> >> I may be wrong, but isn't that why they are pre-ordering? To give the >> manufactures exact number so they don't get leftover sizing? >> >> On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 10:54:48 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> By that method (overloading your cart with >10 in every size), it looks >>> like that as of Nov 1 2015, people have pre-ordered >>> >>> Zero - 46cm >>> 2 - 51cm >>> 6 - 55cm >>> 3 - 58cm >>> 1 - 62cm >>> >>> If they really need to limit the first run to 50 (for whatever reason), >>> it seems they'd be a lot better off building a lot fewer of the tiny ones, >>> and a lot more of the medium sized ones. >>> >>> Like maybe >>> >>> 46cm - 3 >>> 51cm - 8 >>> 55cm - 20 >>> 58cm - 12 >>> 62cm - 7 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 5:13:07 PM UTC-7, David Banzer wrote: >>>> >>>> Add a bunch (10 or more) to the cart and it'll let you know how many >>>> are in stock. >>>> David >>>> Chicago >>>> >>>> On Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 7:09:21 PM UTC-5, William R. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Chris, how did you find out how many 55's were left? Is that >>>>> posted somewhere or did you talk to Riv? Just wondering because those >>>>> would >>>>> be interesting numbers to know. I wonder if Riv would/could extend >>>>> quantities to, say 20 in certain sizes if 10 sold really fast. I also >>>>> wonder what would happen if they did not sell 10 in any sizes. How that >>>>> would effect things. >>>>> >>>>> -Bill (wondering in Westchester, NY) >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
