exactly Jim, Surly (and Salsa) is bringing steel bikes to mainstream bike shops - steel bikes that are something more than 3-speed cruisers.
On Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:24:40 AM UTC-5, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > You can always remove decals... > > "What kind of bike is that?" > > "Steel" > > "?" > > Just in case some folks didn't know, Surly is a brand (like Salsa now, > among others) owned by QBP (Quality Bicycle Products) which is the largest > wholesaler of bike parts & accessories within the US. That means that if > you are a QBP dealer (which most shops are), you can stock Surly bikes. > For a smaller dealer, this means that you can offer models without having > the necessarily pre-order a container load. This a good thing for > independent dealers and good thing for folks who have wanted options from > what the brand-intensive shops stock. They focused on an underserved > (heck, at the time _UN_served) part of the market and have executed well > for a while now. > > - Jim / cyclofiend.com > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
