I think I'm waiting for the VO copy of the TA Pro 5 crankset. Supposed to take a 28 or 30 small chain ring. and hopefully under $200 smackers.
That fancy smancy Sugino crankset uses an external BB... not something I would want. ~Mike~ On Aug 2, 2:48 pm, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 2, 11:42 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote:> Sorry to bully the > thread, but I also called Merry Sales. They don't > > import it, and don't know what Sugino products they will add in 2011 > > until after Interbike in September. After Interbike, if they've > > decided to bring that model in, then they'd be in the pipeline maybe > > by Spring 2011. Obviously no hints at all about pricing. I'd be > > floored if it was under $500. > > If Merry/Riv or anyone else price this crank at $500, they might as > well forget it. The market for this crank is way too small for that > kind of price. The only people willing to pay that kind of price want > lightweight and perhaps carbon. Neither of which applies to this > crank. > > If there is any thoughts to selling this crank at a "competitive" > price, it should be in the $150-200. There's no reason why this crank > should be more expensive than say the Sugino Alpina sold by VO. > Anything more and it is non-competitive. Good Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
