[RBW] Pneu bars...time for MUSA?

2016-12-16 Thread iamkeith
Oh. Im a little slow on the uptake, i guess, but more or less figured it out. In case anyone else is scratching their head, a read of Grant's PTTK blog will help provide context. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To

[RBW] Pneu bars...time for MUSA?

2016-12-15 Thread Christopher Murray
I doubt there is anyone in the USA that can do what Nitto does but maybe I'm wrong. From past comments Grant has made I don't think there is anyone to blame here. Grant has said previously that they did not have an exclusive agreement with manufacturers- so the manufacturer (Nitto, MKS,

[RBW] Pneu bars...time for MUSA?

2016-12-15 Thread lum gim fong
I know but they RBW is Pro MUSA. And since NItto is distributing Rivendell designed products (Panaracer does, too.) to other retailers which is under cutting Rivendell's business. I thought that those two things would equal Rivendell maybe going proprietary MUSA bars since they are very pro

[RBW] Pneu bars...time for MUSA?

2016-12-15 Thread iamkeith
I'm not following. Are some of Riv's handlebar designs showing up under different names, available from different retailers? Seems like there's a long history of that, for many, many products (mks grip king -> lambda, for example), but where Riv has made a concious decision to accept it when

[RBW] Pneu bars...time for MUSA?

2016-12-15 Thread lum gim fong
Maybe it is time for proprietary MUSA bars to avoid Amazon, et. al. undercutting sales? -- 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