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Are these made of steel or aluminium.?

Is it illegal?

I once saw a monster guy, who must have been two and a half meters tall on a black MTB. The seat post stuck out by half a meter. Ever since seeing this, I think of this guy, when reading threads about cracked seat tubes.

Hey berry thats a much better avatar

I was quoted 17

Compound question. I just got a little something from the overseas visitors I spent a lot of time shuttling around for during their holiday here. I want to buy this: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=57169 (1) what will this cost according to your calculations and experience before I put my bum on it. (2) is there a better NEW option for this buck.

lush bike MJ, I really like the colours

Your answer should be : "No problem !" "here's our standard reseller agreement with the discount structure vs volume and also our incentive targets which not only include one free bike, but if you sell reallly well, then you could get a few free bikes, that you could ride or rent or sell !!" "please sign and give me an opening order"

The corner bike shop doesn't have the capital. With product width and depth at what it is, and at the average unit cost, the guy who owns the corner bicycle shop doesnt know what to buy and would need millions to buy it. If they did put their balls to the wall they would be strapped with interest and redundant stock in 6 months at the rate of component and frame evolution. See that the LBS puts most of his money into childrens bikes just before christmas. They put their money into the necessities: the tubes, the small assortment of saddles and grips and tape, the assortment of lights, cartridges and the service products/ consumables needed to run the workshop. The onus is on the distributor to carry stock which the LBS can pull off when he receives an order. When he fails to close the deal, he blames the distributor. Lets face it, components don't last like they did when a cluster only had six gears. Technology has come at the expense of durability. The old adage always reads: the less working parts... the longer it lasts. This has boosted maintenance and service requirements. Now throw mud and sand into the equation with the growth of MTB over the last decades. The MTB is probably the lifeline of the LBS industry in this country. Very few LBS would exist today if there wasnt the service and maintenance division carrying the shop expenses; because hell knows the fact is: goods purchases are going 'net' for the very reason Eldron highlights: confidence, availability, selection and delivery. And most importantly: price, as the middle man falls out of the loop. But in fairness this applies mostly to the type of discerning customer. The profile of a hubber: someone fairly serious and passionate about cycling and spending regularly in the industry and not the average joe buying something to commute or something to put a bow on.

^ok, fishing for an invite?

not in the least

at all

I dont get it.

Good statement. Lets also throw in the concept of the guarantee. This is where the selling price discussion may be interesting for the distributor and not the LBS. Who covers this and which part of the costs i.e. handling costs and freight costs to return the frame / article twice? Are most goods shipped or airfreighted?

Thats what the pope said

Umm 42deg, that explains why you only rode for 2,5hrs, I guess

You are walking on egg shells guys boys Believe me: I dont need beauty sleep !! If thats the case... I need surgery

I'm certainly not defending some prices around here. But check what that you admit to the size of the retailer. These guys probably sell 100 units for every 1 sold here. They are in a position to negotiate on volume and secondly on total order value per annum. No LBS take the initiative nor do they have the capital nor do they have the market to negotiate these order volumes. Its not comparing apples to apples. Then consider the product once it gets here. There are logistic costs (forwarding and clearing) which are high in RSA. Once destuffed the next cost is local freight costs between distributor and LBS. Importantly also look at the interest rates here related to business finance and warehousing. All of this has to be covered in a reasonably high GP by the distributor and the LBS. What are the terms? COD? 30days 90 days 120 days? all makes a difference to the price you are going to get it for.

Thats not difficult to figure out. On-line business will complicate the distributor agreement in terms of regions defined and fair play commissions. How does one regulate the geographic market scope once one goes in to cyberspace (the global market)

Distributors exist because the brand houses prefer this form of business organization. Poor communication on the part of the distributor and project manager. Notices should have been mailed with statements end Nov or via e-mail to inform the customer(LBS) of the December shutdown and also the Server project downtime. Customer has been informed and should plan requirements accordingly. The LBS is often also guilty of poor stock management because of the presence of distributor. The LBS believes that distributor presence justifies minimal stock holding (tying up capital). This is undue and an unrealistic expectation on the distributor. The LBS has failed you by not stocking appropriately for a robust season. Do not blame the distributor alone.

Hey, I not reserving judgement for fixies or single speeds; or for street bicycles or MTBs Hey I dont wear a t-shirt that says "death before derailer" Just because one gear is a fun variation for a jaunt or commute, and a change from the usual bike, doesn't mean its a nostalgic affair giving me a sense of childhood. Fun is just fun. Fun isn't reserved for kids. You dont need to justify your elation on a single gear that hard. Its just as easy to reverse the quote for the opposing school of thought: for goodness sake, those people out there who ride singlespeeds claiming it's the new revolution and romantic and mushy and evocative of a sense of childhood, get over yourselves, it's called cycling."

marketing and image is strong in modern singlespeeding. Most people building single speeds and posting it here are doing it because of media and peers. Most peoples single speeds are not their main whips. Modern single speeding is not evolved from your youth 30years AGO. more recently inspired by bike messengers. A "cool" club of hip society that are "risky" and "unconventional" there is an image attached: The hair the cap the unmatching wheels the lo pro the three quarter pants the messenger bag, the tats, the scratched steel frame and stickers. Some have elevated it to discs and really expensive hubs and saddles and exotic frames. Its big money and big business for bikes shops to stock the right RETRO stuff. Its cool. Its competitive, with polo and standing Its social with group rides. It certainly isn't just about my old bmx.

Do you agree with this quote you have offered? or, are you just throwing it out there? I choose to disagree with the quote. My wording was perhaps insensitive to those that single speed purely to reminisce and disillusion themselves of their lost youth full ability.