Re: [CR]Market for re-manufactured old parts

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:14:33 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Market for re-manufactured old parts
References: <MONKEYFOODieLYCT4aJ00002429@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
In-Reply-To:


Tom Sanders wrote:
> I am wondering if someone like Sheldon, Greg Parker and/or the redoubtable
> E-Ritchie (I sure hope redoubtable is the right word...I was dying to use it
> in a sentence and I have worked it in twice now in the same one) might be
> able to have these things made under their name. One would not be able to
> put brand names like "Campagnolo" on them with out permission, of course.
> Seems if a small market can support lugs perhaps it could support those
> parts that wear out... like gum wall tires, brake hoods, brake pads, etc.
> With E-Ritchie's design genius, Sheldon's marketing expertise and Greg's
> Engineering background, they would be a threesome to be reckoned with. The
> fact that they all have considerable cache and name recognition wouldn't
> hurt, either.
> Just daydreaming, I guess, while I watch the street for the DHL truck and
> delivery of my new (old) Masi.

Perhaps if Campy can't be persuaded to make the parts themselves, they might consider licensing their logo to someone interested in marketing a new production run from a company in Taiwan (as suggested earlier in this thread).

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA