> If Riv wants to expand to others, good luck as those other > people are looking at outboard bearing cranks - that's all the rage > and what all the racer-types who are willing to pay $300+ for a > crankset seek. Yes, you and I may not care, but the guys willing to > spend $300+ for a crankset do. Good Luck!
Rando and committed tourers will spend $300.00 for a crank. TA does a tidy business in the market. Whether people will pay a premium for a Sugino when there are cheaper models available is another question. I do not think Riv has much risk, however. It appears Sugino makes the cranks already. Riv is just making them available in the U.S. Just a matter of buying a small quantity first to test the market than get more later if demand is there. On Mar 13, 1:30 pm, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 13, 6:15 am, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote:> For those that may not > have known.... the TA Zephyr triple w/rings > > sold for about $275 not long ago from Riv. > > This is was the finest 110/74 crank made. . . . and it even had a > > third drilling for a 56mm ring instead of the 74. > > The Q is mid 150's. If Riv was to make any crank, this would be my > > choice, not yet another wide-ish Sugino. > > The $300 Sugino may seem a bit high for some, low for others. > > They could make it more versatile for some if they made it a 94mm BCD > > instead of 110, but 94mm rings just are not so popular. That's one > > cool thing about the TA Carmina, that you can change the BCD of your > > crank from 94/58 to 94 to 110/74 to 110 to 130/74 to 130mm. > > Agree and how large a market is there for another "compact" crank? I > guess the question is who is the market? Most people looking for > 110bcd double cranks have a few choices like the one from VO and > Jitensha. If Riv wants to expand to others, good luck as those other > people are looking at outboard bearing cranks - that's all the rage > and what all the racer-types who are willing to pay $300+ for a > crankset seek. Yes, you and I may not care, but the guys willing to > spend $300+ for a crankset do. Good Luck! -- 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-bu...@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.
