For sure *if* their CNC mill is already running at full capacity, *then* they need more capacity in order to expand their offerings and supply more parts.
To me it's all about their perception of a need (do 1x riders really drop their chain with our current parts?), followed by a willingness to fill that need (Let's steal RaceFace's lunch money!) and then executing a design. The manufacturing part will take care of itself after that. From what Lynette said, they have only discussed the need, but haven't done anything about it yet. That gets me thinking... I have a VBC crankset on my road bike. It's a 44/30. I could just remove the front derailer and the 30T ring, and put on a bigger cassette. Maybe borrow the Rivvy 12-34 from my Hillborne. That would give me a 1x9 with gears of: 35,42,50,57,66,74,85,91,99 What else would I possibly need on a road bike? On Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:02:51 PM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: > > > I think White Industries can afford to offer a wide/narrow chainring for > exactly the reasons you say that they can't afford to... > > Well, I certainly hope you are right. As should be clear I am both a WI > and 1X fan. . > > Still, I wonder whether it will happen. CAM is certainly not as > complicated as tooling a mold to forge parts but it still takes equipment > and time. WI already makes a lot of stuff as it is. I've waited up to > two months for WI product to show up at the LBS. Adding more chainrings to > an already healthy assortment will put additional strain on the system. > With luck WI is up to it already and will have something out soon. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
