[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

Circles and Blue Lug ship to the US super, super fast. As I mentioned recently on iBOB, I typically receive packages from BL and Circles in fewer days than I do from Rivendell. Sim Works is the in-house brand of Circles, they have stuff custom run mostly by other manufacturers, many in Japan.

[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

i do not know the exact arrangement, but there seems to be a connection between this Circles shop and Sim.works here in the US, so that you can sometimes find the same item there,. I've also ordered from them and its pretty well sorted, other than high cost of shipping for some items. On

[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

It's not just NITTO. From Reuters News Agency last week: Japan cuts economic view as exports to Asia weaken | Reuters On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 11:29:42 AM UTC-6 jeff dobie wrote: > I have

[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

Thank you Jeff for sharing. Eric had mentioned Circles bike shop in his MB-2 build, so I appreciate the link. Is it just me or is it kind of crazy that we have to search the world over to find a particular bike part It shouldn't have to be this hard to find current production parts. I

[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

I have been looking for a particular Nitto stem for several months with no luck and some how stumbled on this place in Japan Circles bicycle shop https://shop.circles-jp.com/en shipping was only $22 and they shipped right away via fedex On Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 3:37:21 PM UTC-7 Joe

[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

Joe is usually right. In this case, I hope he is, but my worrisome mind went somewhere else: I imagined that it might mean a global change to how what Nitto continues producing, as well as how they do it. I was thinking that maybe some of the skilled welders and brazers are retiring and not

[RBW] Re: What's up with welded Nitto parts?

The way I read it - a completely wild guess - is the supply has been terrible for years and most of it has gotten too pricey to try to sell. Riv has been slowly replacing everything welded with cheaper/more plentiful options, I imagine they're going to keep the forged stems and that's about