There is a lot of negativity towards this company here which made me check the link so I can understand why, and after I still don't get it.
I've never heard of this company before but I understand why they are making this pro line...not a lot of companies cater to the young racer and offer equipment for that. They are filling a market. If you don't believe that kids that young are racing then you aren't attending many races. Just this past weekend I worked a local mountain bike race day and there was a kid class, and they were competitive and having fun at the same time riding a smaller portion of the same trail that the adults rode on. Very capable kids. On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 9:04:20 AM UTC-5, Mark in Beacon wrote: > Wow. Can't quite wrap your mind around it? Let me try to help. > > You are on a list called Rivendelll Bicycle Works Owners Bunch. > > Conveniently, serendipitously even, the owner and founder of RBW wrote a > post a couple of days ago that expounds on some of the motivations behind > his business. Some of those reasons include not selling stuff he doesn't > think his customers need, or that he believes could be capable of harming > them. > > The OP, having gotten recommendations about another company, Islabikes, > that sounded like they might share some of this approach toward doing > business, was dismayed to see evidence recently appear that seems to > contradict this, yes, assumption. > > In the world I live in, thankfully, there are still a few businesses that > exist for reasons in addition to making a profit, and will not, in fact, > sell the consumer whatever they want. Sadly, it does appear that Islabike, > until recently a contender, does not fall into this category. Hence the > thread discussion. Hope this helps dissipate some of the confusion. > > On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 8:12:38 AM UTC-4, Skenry wrote: >> >> Wow is right. I have no idea what world some of you all live in. >> Islabike only has one philosophy, to make money. They will sell the >> consumer whatever they want to buy. That's how this works. >> >> >> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
