Why does Dura Ace cost way more than Ultegra



On 8 Jan 2006 00:41:37 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>The only American bike rider who can choose between Campagnolo and
>Shimano are the tiny, tiny percentage of riders who buy separate
>frames/forks and build the bike themselves. Compared to the factory
>bike sales, this is a miniscule percentage. American bike riders want
>to buy a bike, not all of the parts and assemble it themselves or pay
>to have someone assemble it. How many people using the internet bought
>a complete computer or assembled it themselves with the box, mother
>board, chips, modem, fan, drives, software, etc. Its probably the same
>percentages in computers as bicycles.


There's a much larger proportion that has the shop assemble a bike from
components selected by the buyer, though. That goes for both computers and
bikes.

Jasper
 

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