Last century, the Japanese figured out "just in time" inventory. The mantra was "inventory is evil", meaning better to have the money in the bank than tied up in parts. The model of announcement then pre-sale then delivery takes that to the next step. Increases cash flow & reduces storage requirements. BTW, been in a couple of local shops recently & both had boxed bikes stacked up the aisles. When I asked, they said they were rolling them out the door as fast as they could build them & having them in house gave them faster turnaround.
dougP On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 4:56:08 PM UTC-8 Jason Fuller wrote: > I know that this group of folks see Rivendells as immensely practical > bikes, which they are, but they're also boutique, premium bikes. With this > in mind I think it's pretty reasonable that one would pick out the frameset > they want, save up the money, and wait for availability and be ready to go > as soon as they are. The decision to buy one ought to be before they're > available. That said, I do hope they are able to stock more again soon: > ideally there'd be two or three models available in most sizes at any given > time and they'd rotate through the catalog every couple years this way. > > I know I am personally terrible for hanging onto one bike for a long time, > but that's what people should be doing with a Rivendell, so these waits of > a few months to maybe a year or two would only happen a couple times in a > rider's lifetime, or even only once. I hope to put 50,000 km on my Sam > Hillborne.. that's my goal! -- 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/b0d640c0-529c-420f-9b01-eb83b60caf5bn%40googlegroups.com.
