The Rivendell CR720 price is for a bike's worth, Niagra's is for one brake. In any case, I think it's clear from some of the comments on this thread, and from common sense basic understanding of small business, why Rivendell doesn't offer the lowest price available on the internet for many of the items it sells. I can even recall certain products (those nice watches) where Riv mentioned that yes, you can find these around for less, but how about supporting the folks who brought it to your attention in the first place. Not an unreasonable request. And about how many of those companies have a highly active forum dedicated to a wide range of discussions about their designs, products, and services?
As for shipping, opinions seem to be all over the map. Since Rivendell is an internet-based mail order company, it is safe to assume they have wrestled with the issue of shipping costs more that once. Also, though the term seems to have fallen out of favor, based on Grant's comments, we are paying for shipping and handling. On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 2:50:31 PM UTC-4, Skenry wrote: > > What parts are cheaper? I don't see that at all. Its the parts that > you can't get elsewhere that are the deal at Riv and yes they look pretty > when you open the box. > > Quick example > Deore Rear Derailleur $56 or $33 at Jenson > Tektro CR720 $54 or $18 at Niagra > Grip Kings $56 or $38 at TreeFort > B17 standard $130 or $99 at Planet Cyclery > > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 2:20 PM, David Stein <davec...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This allows Rivendell to keep their costs lower too. Most parts are >> cheaper at Rivendell then elsewhere if you were to competitve shop or go to >> the LBS. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
