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11-04.-2008, 07:02 AM
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Super cheap roadie
I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here...
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...&ci_sku=5639919 Road bike with carbon bits, Shimano Sora bits for $250. I am gobsmacked at that price! |
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11-04.-2008, 07:20 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
"Jules" <invalid@example.com> wrote in message news:vtydnXEkyJc4E2PanZ2dnUVZ_uqvnZ2d@internode... >I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here... > Thanks largely to China, the cost of manufactured goods is now amazingly low. There must be an enormous margin in bike bits and frames for the major companies to get away with what they charge. It truly is a tribute to the marketing skills of companies like Shimano. |
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11-04.-2008, 07:34 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
On Apr 11, 8:02 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote:
> I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here... > > http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...639919&sourceid... > > Road bike with carbon bits, Shimano Sora bits for $250. > > I am gobsmacked at that price! It does say that it's a clearance item, marked down from $477. Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 BTH |
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11-04.-2008, 09:12 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
> Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want!
> > http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 "high-profile alloy wheels " !! "GMC" with "Cionilli" seat. Nice. Wonder if it runs Shameano.... |
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11-04.-2008, 09:23 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
On Apr 11, 10:12 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote:
> > Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! > > >http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 > > "high-profile alloy wheels " !! > > "GMC" with "Cionilli" seat. Nice. Wonder if it runs Shameano.... I wonder how they got grip shifters onto the drop bars! |
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11-04.-2008, 09:36 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
lemmiwinks wrote: > On Apr 11, 10:12 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote: >> > Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! >> >> >http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 >> >> "high-profile alloy wheels " !! >> >> "GMC" with "Cionilli" seat. Nice. Wonder if it runs Shameano.... > > I wonder how they got grip shifters onto the drop bars! Check the pics. They've been slid onto the bars, right up next to the stem. Gripshift do/did make twist shifters for road bars that fitted on the end of the bars, a bit like barcon levers. Looks a bit cludgy but they worked. -- Cheers Peter ~~~ ~ _@ ~~ ~ _- \, ~~ (*)/ (*) |
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11-04.-2008, 09:40 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
"BT Humble" wrote: > Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! > > http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 Don't believe it! That one is just a few dollars more than the first road bike I bought - the old Olympic 10 speed.... back in 1975!! -- Cheers Peter ~~~ ~ _@ ~~ ~ _- \, ~~ (*)/ (*) |
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11-04.-2008, 09:45 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
On Apr 10, 3:34�pm, BT Humble <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> On Apr 11, 8:02 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote: > > > I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here... > > >http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...639919&sourceid.... > > > Road bike with carbon bits, Shimano Sora bits for $250. > > > I am gobsmacked at that price! > > It does say that it's a clearance item, marked down from $477. > > Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! > > http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 Gee; that's really good a little boy bike w 2" bars just for little boy bt humble |
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11-04.-2008, 10:18 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
Claude wrote:
> "Jules" <invalid@example.com> wrote in message > news:vtydnXEkyJc4E2PanZ2dnUVZ_uqvnZ2d@internode... > >>I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here... >> > > Thanks largely to China, the cost of manufactured goods is now amazingly > low. There must be an enormous margin in bike bits and frames for the major > companies to get away with what they charge. The USA has always had economies of scale compared to the Australia market, aka "we will take 80/90/100% of your production this year", plus the competition in the USA market is so much higher. OTOH, turnover of LBS would be higher, so lower margins needed. > It truly is a tribute to the > marketing skills of companies like Shimano. They only have to market the stuff they can not flog off to the major chains |
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11-04.-2008, 10:46 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
On Apr 11, 10:36 am, "PeteSig" <pete...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> lemmiwinks wrote: > > On Apr 11, 10:12 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote: > >> > Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! > > >> >http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 > > >> "high-profile alloy wheels " !! > > >> "GMC" with "Cionilli" seat. Nice. Wonder if it runs Shameano.... > > > I wonder how they got grip shifters onto the drop bars! > > Check the pics. They've been slid onto the bars, right up next to the stem. > > Gripshift do/did make twist shifters for road bars that fitted on the end of > the bars, a bit like barcon levers. Looks a bit cludgy but they worked. > > -- > Cheers > Peter > > ~~~ ~ _@ > ~~ ~ _- \, > ~~ (*)/ (*) Yeah I know, I was wondering how they got them around the corner. I've got a Nexus 8 gripshifter and I don't think it would make the turn without some disassembly. |
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11-04.-2008, 11:42 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
TimCnospam wrote:
> On Apr 10, 3:34�pm,BTHumble <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 11, 8:02 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote: > > > > I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here... > > > >http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...639919&sourceid.... > > > > Road bike with carbon bits, Shimano Sora bits for $250. > > > > I am gobsmacked at that price! > > > It does say that it's a clearance item, marked down from $477. > > > Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! > > >http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 > > Gee; that's really good a little boy bike w 2" bars just for little > boybthumble I beg your pardon? BTH |
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11-04.-2008, 11:44 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
lemmiwinks wrote:
> I wonder how they got grip shifters onto the drop bars! I read somewhere about a similar bike (maybe the one Aldi were selling) that had a 2-piece handlebar so that you could slip the grip shifters on. I don't know if it's true or not, I only ever saw them in a photo. BTH |
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11-04.-2008, 11:57 AM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
BT Humble wrote:
> TimCnospam wrote: >> On Apr 10, 3:34�pm,BTHumble <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >>> On Apr 11, 8:02 am, Jules <inva...@example.com> wrote: >>>> I wonder why we don't see this kind of thing over here... >>>> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...639919&sourceid... >>>> Road bike with carbon bits, Shimano Sora bits for $250. >>>> I am gobsmacked at that price! >>> It does say that it's a clearance item, marked down from $477. >>> Now here's the bad boy that you REALLY want! >>> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...duct_id=3663046 >> Gee; that's really good a little boy bike w 2" bars just for little >> boybthumble > > I beg your pardon? > > > BTH It's just Bratton being his usual retarded troll self. |
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11-04.-2008, 12:18 PM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
"Terryc" <newsthreespam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote in message news:47febd4d$0$18360$c30e37c6@pit-reader.telstra.net... > > The USA has always had economies of scale compared to the Australia > market, aka "we will take 80/90/100% of your production this year", plus > the competition in the USA market is so much higher. OTOH, turnover of LBS > would be higher, so lower margins needed. > > They only have to market the stuff they can not flog off to the major > chains Yeah all of that's probably true and can explain to a large extent why bikes are cheaper in the US than they are here. But in general good bikes are still more expensive in the US and most other markets than the technical aspects of production and distribution would warrant. Like most 'luxury' goods, there are big margins for the producer |
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11-04.-2008, 12:28 PM
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Re: Super cheap roadie
Claude wrote:
> Yeah all of that's probably true and can explain to a large extent > why bikes are cheaper in the US than they are here. But in general > good bikes are still more expensive in the US and most other markets > than the technical aspects of production and distribution would > warrant. Like most 'luxury' goods, there are big margins for the > producer Speak to your LBS, he makes most of his income from selling and servicing cheap sub $300 bikes. For the time and effort involved in selling a $5000 bike, it's barely worth it. He also probably sells $30,000 worth of $300 bikes for each $5000 one. Theo |
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