> On Nov 22, 2014, at 8:25 PM, George Schick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Having begun Winter off-time maintenance on my bikes I noticed enough rim
> wear on the road bike to encourage me to snoop around on the Web to see
> what's available nowadays. One online retailer that used to carry several
> dozen brands/models of road rims is now listing only four. Another has far
> more limited offerings than it used to. And a well-known national
> chain/online retailer lists NO rims at all, just a pre-build wheel, and only
> one selection of those. I'm not sure if this has any significance or not,
> but it sure looks like something is causing some belt tightening in the
> retail industry. Any thoughts?
Mostly that few people build their own wheels any more, so rim sales are not a
priority for many retailers. I don't know what changes there might be at the
wholesale level.
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