I'd be pleased if someone would make a quality MA-2 clone in 700C sans ugly anodizing and toothpaste tube stickers, nevermind 27". Remember when Bontrager was rolling his own MA-2s for nominal 26" rims? I don't think the fat cats are interested in niche markets. They want to sell you what they want to sell you, not what you actually want to buy.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On Jan 20, 2008 1:30 PM, Tom Harriman <transition202@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Tom. It's an interesting question. I suspect that a manufacturing perso
> n would tell us that since there are so few of us, and demand so small, tha
> t the price per rim would be so expressive that we would just all go get ne
> w bikes. Of course what these people don't understand is that for this lis
> t, the 27" are the new bikes. Still, I think that we would be told that if
> they can't sell thousands of these in a short period of time, they won't b
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> If there are any list members who are in the management side of bicycle mak
> ing, it would be interesting to hear your thought on this idea.
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> Tom Harriman
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> > From: fatcogtom@comcast.net
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: RE: [CR]27" high quality RIMS
> > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:19:38 -0800
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> > Well- that last message was supposed to go just to Rich......
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> > I'll bring another related subject up- rims. Is there a need for a high
> > quality 27" rim, doublewall?
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> > Tom Martin
> > Oakland CA
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