I understand the reasoning for Riv to be out of bikes to sell, I'm just biased and don't like it. I think they're the greatest bicycles in the world and everyine in a bike boom should be going to shops full of them (like Schwinn when I was a kid) and buying them!
On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 6:30:34 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > Isn't trying to keep a bunch of frames/products in stock at all times part > of what got them into financial trouble in 2018? > > Grant is pretty clear about how big he wants Rivendell to be (and how big > he doesn't want it to get). I don't know if this number is still the > target, but I've read or heard him say that about 800 bikes per year is all > Rivendell is looking to sell. They know what they need to sell to hit a > number that gets everyone a fair wage. I like that about the company...and > if they grew drastically and needed more than the handful of great people > they have to run it, it'd lose a little of its appeal to me. > > On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 12:05:36 AM UTC-6 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> Rivendell, Crust, and bike brands of that size all operate on a budget >> that doesn't allow any significant inventory - pre-sales and ensuring >> batches are sold swiftly is key to keeping the budget balanced > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d778924-26e8-4e4b-bcd7-8141fbadf319n%40googlegroups.com.
