On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Steve Palincsar<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 10:05 -0700, Gino Zahnd wrote: > >> So, add another $60 tire to the market. The other ones are apparently >> selling well. > > They're getting that kind of money for a 23mm Michelin Pro3Race. If > that tire's worth that much money (considering how little material there > is in it by comparison!) then surely the Hetre is worth it as well. I > doubt the Pro3Race is going to be as dramatically different from its > competition as the Hetre. > > Face it: the dollar has lost a lot of value in the past couple of years. > These prices are in part a reflection of that. As for the rest, it's > obvious that we're talking about low (sales) volume here, and tire molds > are not cheap, so amortizing the cost of the molds is a noticeable part
Are there any domestically made and manufactured tires? I'm not asking for jingoistic reasons - I'm just curious. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
