Mavic Helium reintroduced?

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Sandy wrote:
like pneumatic tires or the
> Delta brake, for examples.
>
> I get the drift of your argument. It's one that has led to the death
of
> lots of little shops. Penny-farthing thinking is single-speed, and
clumsy.
>
> On the other hand, your helpful technical expertise is appreciated.
>
> --
> Sandy
> Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
>
> *******
>
> La vie, c'est comme une bicyclette,
> il faut avancer pour ne pas perdre l'équilibre.
> -- Einstein, A.

Gee, another somebody from across the pond with a look into the
furure...good for you and enjoy riding. I will just continue to help
those with old bikes, ride them and not wallow in the new and amazing
of bicycles.

I use Delta brakes BTW, and the 'republic' is the 'People's republic of
Boulder'. I guess if you had ever been here, you would understand.

I'm glad you appreciate my free advice and I will refrain from callimg
YOU any names, in English or French.

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
> > Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
.. Ksyriums are primarily ridden race-only by the people who buy them
> around here.

This horse is pretty dead, except for the french guy, I guess, sandy or
something.
Ksyriums come on so many bikes outta the box, that they are everywhere
here and we do quite a brisk biz keeping them true and wrking. Most of
the shops that sell 'em on new bikes don't know how to work on 'em.


>
> Sure it saves money. And it fits a lot of people. For the small
percentage
> of odd-shaped people and those that really want traditional, we put
them on
> a Merlin or Bianchi, especially since that's what they would have
wanted
> anyways.

It's akin to show sizes that only come in whole, not 1/2 sizes. Sure a
size 10.5 guy can 'fit' a 10 or 11, but it's not perfect. What amazes
me as the frame makers that make 1cm sizes, in compact.


>
> You're right - we see things differently. However, as you said
yourself,
> you're a high-end shop, catering to the small percentage of riders
that have
> specific wants and needs. And you deliver. But there's part of the
> problem: you deal with that small percentage, not the big one.

Not a 'problem' in my eyes. I have been in megashops that try to be
everything to everybody. Now owning one, I refuse to have that kind of
shop. We are the 'Evan the tailor' instead of Men's warehouse. We are
Hoshi motors, fixing Honda only instead of the place that fixies
everything. It is a conscious decision, something that works here in
the 'republic'(that's Boulder, for the french dude), and I wouldn't
have it anyother way. This might be blastfeme(sp?), but after flying
fighter's in the USN for 20 years, this is a lifestyle, not a place to
make money, for me.

So I can kinda do what I want...I admit, I am a lucky guy. As in the
french guys eyes, a snob...I kinda like 'ludite' or 'curmudgeaon'
myself.

 

[Mike Krueger]

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

> It's akin to show sizes that only come in whole, not 1/2 sizes. Sure
a
> size 10.5 guy can 'fit' a 10 or 11, but it's not perfect. What amazes
> me as the frame makers that make 1cm sizes, in compact.

Sounds like the genius fit guru at my LBS. He doesn't bother to stock
half sizes in $250 cycling shoes even though they are available.
instead, he insisted that I should buy a size 44 and install a thick
aftermarket insole to help take up the slop, even though I've worn a
size 43.5 in similar shoes for the last 20 years.

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Mike Krueger wrote:
> Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
>
> > It's akin to shoe sizes that only come in whole, not 1/2 sizes.
Sure
> a
> > size 10.5 guy can 'fit' a 10 or 11, but it's not perfect. What
amazes
> > me as the frame makers that make 1cm sizes, in compact.
>
> Sounds like the genius fit guru at my LBS. He doesn't bother to stock
> half sizes in $250 cycling shoes even though they are available.
> instead, he insisted that I should buy a size 44 and install a thick
> aftermarket insole to help take up the slop, even though I've worn a
> size 43.5 in similar shoes for the last 20 years.

Compact shoes!!

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Jasper Janssen wrote:

> You don't, do you? Cause that would be rather.. appalling.
>
>
> Jasper

Just had a gent that finally is going to let us build him a set of
wheels to replace his 'Kry-siriums'. He has had many spokes break, even
had a shop replace all the spokes in the front(same rim tho-don get
that), and that followed by a....broken spoke.

He has spent close to a thousand bucks on these to try to keep them
working but....

 

[jim beam]

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
> Jasper Janssen wrote:
>
>
>>You don't, do you? Cause that would be rather.. appalling.
>>
>>
>>Jasper
>
>
> Just had a gent that finally is going to let us build him a set of
> wheels to replace his 'Kry-siriums'. He has had many spokes break, even
> had a shop replace all the spokes in the front(same rim tho-don get
> that), and that followed by a....broken spoke.
>
> He has spent close to a thousand bucks on these to try to keep them
> working but....
>
does your customer have the ones with the fatty aluminum spokes? i've
seen many people limping home or stuck at the side of the road with
those spokes broken. ksyriums with the stainless spokes don't seem to
have the same reliability problems, but they're not "race light".