Those Gran Cru cranks are slick and much more retro in look. Too bad for me that Chris K insists I can't tell the difference between 172.5mm and 170. They should be available any day now. 46/30 is going to be the right thing for a lot of things.
On Aug 2, 3:20 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > 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.
