Salsa ran out of their 2020 allotment in mid April, purportedly. We ordered
Surlys in August, and werent given the option of sizes/models, just paid
for a certain number of bikes, with a delivery timeframe is
"October-February." All Surly completes have been pre-allotted to bike
shops through
The company I work for uses kanban to determine what parts to fabricate.
These are then used to build a number of different final products. This is
a bit more complicated, since Rivendell doesn't actually make anything
(except maybe saddle goop). They also can't really practice Just in Time
Last century, the Japanese figured out "just in time" inventory. The
mantra was "inventory is evil", meaning better to have the money in the
bank than tied up in parts. The model of announcement then pre-sale then
delivery takes that to the next step. Increases cash flow & reduces
storage
I know that this group of folks see Rivendells as immensely practical
bikes, which they are, but they're also boutique, premium bikes. With this
in mind I think it's pretty reasonable that one would pick out the frameset
they want, save up the money, and wait for availability and be ready to go
Its a bummer that you have to know you want the bike, the correct size, and
know when it will be released, all without doing a test ride on a $1500+
frame. I was lucky when I bought my first Riv that I was able to test ride
a Hunqapillar, Clem, and Sam to figure out size and feel. Seems like
The Riv model is hard to explain to non bike nerds. I made a half -hearted
effort at convincing my wife to let me replace my Jamis Aurora frame with a
Sam when they were about to go live and she said something to the effect of
“Why not just wait and make sure we don’t need this $1500 for
Mike: Wow, this is fascinating. I wondered what would become of the bike
boom after the pandemic. I world that gives more priority to bicycles is a
world I can look forward to!
Bikes at Rivendell... My mom’s neighbors love to bike. They biked across
the entire US, coast to coast so they are
On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 11:14:03 AM UTC-8 velomann wrote:
> Have you been to your LBS recently?
Yes, RBW is my LBS.
--
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
I understand the reasoning for Riv to be out of bikes to sell, I'm just
biased and don't like it. I think they're the greatest bicycles in the
world and everyine in a bike boom should be going to shops full of them
(like Schwinn when I was a kid) and buying them!
On Saturday, November 14,
Have you been to your LBS recently? This is definitely not exclusive to
Rivendell. At least here in PDX the demand continues to exceed supply, and
the small repair shop I fill in for has been chronically unable to get
basic parts from QBP since early summer.
I've sold more bikes on CL, more
Bikes are selling out everywhere in the world. The local shop around the
corner from me usually keeps about 300 in stock. They now have about 20
thanks to a fall shipment. It's a generally good thing I think.
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 8:26:54 PM UTC-5 Jim M. wrote:
> Anyone else
Isn't trying to keep a bunch of frames/products in stock at all times part
of what got them into financial trouble in 2018?
Grant is pretty clear about how big he wants Rivendell to be (and how big
he doesn't want it to get). I don't know if this number is still the
target, but I've read or
Rivendell, Crust, and bike brands of that size all operate on a budget that
doesn't allow any significant inventory - pre-sales and ensuring batches
are sold swiftly is key to keeping the budget balanced
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW
Owners
Tumbleweed is about to get a batch of frames in and they don’t expect any more
to come in until next summer. Sourcing is getting tougher.
Even getting parts for appliance repairs is a pain. We need to get our washer
fixed and our repair guy says it’s crazy how hard it is to get any parts now.
Bikes are mostly out of stock everywhere. Riv is lucky to be getting semi
regular production runs shipped to them.
Still hard to find many parts, too.
Not sure what forum or thread, but I pointed out that Rivendell's business
model has been going this way--batch shipments of a single model,
Demand is nice but I'm not sure it's good that they can't keep up with it.
You can't sell bikes you don't have.
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:26:54 PM UTC-8 Jim M. wrote:
> Anyone else notice that bikes are mostly out of stock at RBW? I'm not sure
> if that's a good thing (they're
16 matches
Mail list logo
