Yeah, actually it was a search for Velocity that caused me to begin looking around in the first place, finding slim pickin's. Also, I found a notable lack of once very popular Mavic products, as well, especially the Open Pro (except, of course, from that Universal outfit that Joe uses).
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:54:31 PM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > > Made me check my local-ish LBS and on-line retailer: > http://www.jensonusa.com/Bicycle-Rims?pg=100&o=10880&s=b > > Seems to be a pretty good supply, although I think they should carry > more from Velocity. > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 8:44 PM, George Schick <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Huh! Interesting. Well, actually I was looking at well known national > > online retailers like Performance, Nashbar, and Harris Bike; and a > popular > > regional mail order-only outfit called Lickbike. But your Universal > certain > > beats their trend. Be interesting to see if their stock continues or > > follows the others. > > > > > > On Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:12:37 PM UTC-6, joe b. wrote: > >> > >> Nah, you must be looking in weird places. The road rim market is > booming, > >> and even better the wide rim revolution is taking over! Depending on > who you > >> ask, these new fangled v-shaped profiles may even be an improvement, > too > >> (stronger for less weight). Here are over 80 at a shop local to me, > though > >> granted a handful may be 29er or disc- specific: > >> http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/index.php?category=856 > >> > >> Best, > >> joe broach > >> portland, or > >> > >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:25 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? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 [email protected]. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > > -- > > 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
