Really hard to make ends meet with a 20% markup. With a 10% or 20% markup, you're more likely to be selling groceries than bikes.
I would be discouraged too. Working hard and putting lots of resources behind a project you love - only to have it become impossible is really tough to deal with. Regards, Corwin On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 6:14:35 AM UTC-7 J J wrote: > Yeah, I read the blog. The $345 would presumably be Riv's wholesale price, > right? So... assuming a nominal retail markup of, say, 20%, the price > would be ~$415 for the end user. No idea if there is a standard industry > markup, and we know Rivendell marches to their own rhythm. A 10% markup > would be ~$380; 30% ~$450. Grant seemed disheartened. I really appreciate > his transparency. > (Your build videos are great btw Eric.) > > On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 8:57:56 AM UTC-4 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Great pics, Ana, and yeah, those Nexaves are quite large! >> >> Did you all read the latest Blahg? Seems the prototypes are crazy >> expensive. They'll be CNC machined. Here's Grant's quote from the >> fabricators: >> >> "50 pieces. These will be made by CNC machining.... They will cost $345.5 >> USD each, total $17,275 USD. The cost base on the QTY" >> >> More here. >> <https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/done-done-wrong-proably-still-doing-wrong>Um, >> >> does it seem like maybe 50 Rivendell customers would pool together and >> chunk in a non-refundable $350 towards getting this project moving in the >> (opposite) direction? >> On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 3:24:45 AM UTC-4 Ana Candela wrote: >> >>> Yes, and love it! I got one last year thanks to Grant's suggestion: >>> Shimano Nexave RD-C505. It is rather large compared to the other ones I'm >>> seeing posted here, but hey, function before form. I am very much looking >>> forward to Rivendell's derailer project because function will be enhanced >>> by form. I think it's coming along beautifully :) >>> >>> My RR der is the #1 upgrade that I've done to my bike, and that's saying >>> a lot! The reason is thanks to its logic of shifting: it doesn't twist my >>> brain and wreak havoc like "normal" ones do. I always thought the shifting >>> in bikes was counterintuitive, but I assumed that was the way of derailers. >>> Then at some point Grant brought up the rapid-rise derailers in the Blahg, >>> and I almost heard angels sing, haha! >>> >>> Now both derailers work with the same logic: if I'm climbing UP a hill, >>> I pull either or both shifters UP (easy gear); if I'm going DOWN or flat at >>> speed, I push DOWN (hard gear). This just makes sense. And then with >>> friction shifters it is just delightful to shift. So smooth and almost >>> silent. Bliss! >>> >>> Below are a couple photos from last Sunday. Long live the Rapid-Rise >>> Derailer! >>> >>> -Ana in Seattle >>> >>> [image: IMG_6954.jpg] >>> >>> [image: IMG_6934.jpg] >>> >> -- 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/5d743697-393b-441e-ae24-1e9b6ae3b57bn%40googlegroups.com.
