Well, one thing I found out after doing some more in depth searching is that the particular model rim I have now is being discontinued by the manufacturer. This explains why when I found it anyplace at all it was available in only in some unique drilling like 24 holes and in limited quantities, at that. In this case it's the Velocity Aerohead OC, which is being replaced by their newer A23 OC. Looks like a good thing, too, because the width of the Aerohead was only about 20mm and the A23 is advertised at 23mm. That would be a beneficial increase as long as the new one doesn't suffer from the same cracking problems as their Synergy.
But I think you're right, the rest of the shortages are probably due to the inventory/manf. cycle. Never thought about that. On Monday, November 24, 2014 7:00:49 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: > > I think part of what you're seeing is inventory catching up with batch > manufacturing. You can follow inventories of any brand/model of tire and > see the same thing. One season no one has any in inventory, the next > season there is a glut. > > On Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:25:56 PM UTC-6, George Schick 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.
