Bikes are mostly out of stock everywhere. Riv is lucky to be getting semi regular production runs shipped to them.
Still hard to find many parts, too. Not sure what forum or thread, but I pointed out that Rivendell's business model has been going this way--batch shipments of a single model, sell them off, in comes the next batch--for a while. This is helped by the dealer network, whereas a while back it was almost all web. Now I imagine Blue Lug takes 25% right off the top, then the rest, then Riv. More and more small production run companies are doing this; a good example is Acorn Bags. They announce an upcoming release, and most everything is sold through within a few hours of going live. My local brewery does the same thing with their beers. You sell the stuff that doesn't cost a fortune to sit on in the warehouse--parts, clothes, the odd frame here and there--while you wait for the next container ship. Keeps better tabs on your capital outlays, too. From outside appearances, it seems to be working okay. I hope it is. On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 8:26:54 PM UTC-5 Jim M. wrote: > Anyone else notice that bikes are mostly out of stock at RBW? I'm not sure > if that's a good thing (they're successfully selling everything) or bad > thing (they're not keeping up with demand. > > jim m > walnut creek > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a785a34c-b817-4020-a3b6-b6bc2f561563n%40googlegroups.com.
