Tienie Posted February 18, 2015 Author Posted February 18, 2015 So...rumor has turned to fact... I am not saying boikot Spez...I say petition to have our local boy Deon have the concept store...not some outsider heavy from GP land...
Johny Bravo Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Does anyone know why Olympic cycles are no longer selling Spez? Is it because of the concept store in Town? I say lets boikot all these concept stores.
SiriS Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Yip, the reality is we live in an age of instant gratification. If I'm interested in a brand I want to go to a shop and see the different models in real life. Jack-of-all-trade Master-of-none stores battle with this. Concept stores aim to address this. Agree on the "relaxed family vibe" though - and Deon definitely has that going. Great to go in there and shop and talk ***. :-) Wonder what the story is here? Not being a Spez concept store robs you of priority access to stock, but I can't believe to the point where it disables your business. Perhaps they forced Deon to go concept and he resisted - it is apparently quite expensive. Would be interesting to understand the variables involved here. Pity, I like the Spez brand. I originally decided between Rocky Mountain, Santa Cruz and Spez and the latter won from availability, support and Deon's location point of view...
SiriS Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 So...rumor has turned to fact...I am not saying boikot Spez...I say petition to have our local boy Deon have the concept store...not some outsider heavy from GP land... I can't believe they wouldn't give Deon first option. Too expensive perhaps?
Tienie Posted February 18, 2015 Author Posted February 18, 2015 Amen Johny.. I bet you are spot on....it is because of concept store in area.
Karl Beaton Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Deon has grown the SPEZ brand in the Durbanville area and if SPEZ drop him then there will be plenty peeps that are not going to happy. SPEZ needs to come onto this thread and make a statement
steeler Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 bottom line is that SPEZ brand has been built by many LBS operations.
Tienie Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 BUT ,Cyclefunatic is our local shop. So they(Spez) got the many LBS's to build their brand, and now they open concept stores to lock the LBS's out. I heard Spez will open the concept store and just expect all the spez owners to just ditch Cyclefunatic and support them.
Johny Bravo Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 BUT ,Cyclefunatic is our local shop. So they(Spez) got the many LBS's to build their brand, and now they open concept stores to lock the LBS's out. I heard Spez will open the concept store and just expect all the spez owners to just ditch Cyclefunatic and support them.I dont think durbanville can sustain a concept store, honestly. Many many riders, for sure, but not so many Spez riders as in other parts. The Boerewors curtain seems to like Giant and Pyga and Momsen.
steeler Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 BUT ,Cyclefunatic is our local shop. So they(Spez) got the many LBS's to build their brand, and now they open concept stores to lock the LBS's out. I heard Spez will open the concept store and just expect all the spez owners to just ditch Cyclefunatic and support them. Exactly Tienie, #supportyourLBSSpez have no qualm in closing out the LBS. Daggers out?
Guest Karma Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Deon has grown the SPEZ brand in the Durbanville area and if SPEZ drop him then there will be plenty peeps that are not going to happy. SPEZ needs to come onto this thread and make a statement Karl, how can you state Spez is dropping him?Have you considered it might be a mutual decision? And really, why does Spez need to come here and explain themselves to the almighty Hub?
Johny Bravo Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I for one, would love to know the real story. I heard that Spez will end your contract for repeated bad service. Not saying this is the case, instead of Spez, why not let Cyclefuantic give us the real story.
Tin wolf Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Rumour has it.....that SPEZ have plans to open concept store in STELLENBOSCH. BMT, owned by Chris and Richard, who have built SPEZ in stellenbosch to what it is today may be facing the same drama that befell Deon.
Johny Bravo Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Rumour has it.....that SPEZ have plans to open concept store in STELLENBOSCH. BMT, owned by Chris and Richard, who have built SPEZ in stellenbosch to what it is today may be facing the same drama that befell Deon. Bmt is the best Spez shop in Western Cape, a concept store wont see a penny of mine. Rather buy another brand.
Sidmouth Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 These Spez stores look great but you have no choice on products, they don't sell anything but Spez products, as a consumer you want the right to choose I like Maxxis Tyres and conti for the road bike, but not at a Spez store,its Spez or nothing, there is something in everyone that naturally makes you rebel against this corporate mind set. Its a bit of globalization, I am sure a business owner would also like to remain the boss, in the Spez Stable and especially once you have committed, they rule you.Olympic cycles has been around for over 30 years im told, I believe they where not going to be bent over a barrel by the new bully on the block.Brands come and go, and there are some great bands out there.
B20 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Agree Johny. PM you. Spez is going to open up a 500m2 concept store in D/ville area. Location unknown at this point. Seem it will be a corporate store run by a Spez corporate manager. Deon is a smart operator. He will survive and I will still support him. He is planning a rebrand of the store with new bike brands. To date, he has not confirmed which brands yet. Spez owners, the only thing he cannot service are the Brain shocks. Every other Spez bike out of warranty he would still be able to work on, roadbikes included. Afterall his macks are trained on Spez.
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