[*BCM*] Re: Bostoncriticalmass Digest, Vol 29, Issue 2

[Ethan Woehrling]

On Tue,  7 Nov 2006 12:00:08 -0500 (EST) , bostoncriticalmass-request at bostoncriticalmass.org  wrote:
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>   1. New Bike!!! (. nevele)
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>Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:03:23 -0500
>From: ". nevele" <symboliceon at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [*BCM*] New Bike!!!
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>not that everyone cares, but i'm really excited about this.
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>$327 for a bike that in any bike shop in this town would cost nearly $1k. 
>but thanks to the amazing interweb i don't have to deal with the frakkin 
>stupidly highly priced non-deals the shops in this town have to offer. frak, 
>even BNB charges $400 for a used fixed gear! how the hell are we going to 
>get more folks in to riding bikes if they can't afford them!? bleh!!
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>....mmm.. rummm. ;D
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>Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:44:13 -0500
>From: Mars <martian at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] New Bike!!!
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>They're nice bikes. A co-worker of mine picked one up off ebay (I assume 
>that's where you got yours) and for that price, it's great. $1000; No. 
>If they were to sell in a retail shop, they would go for around $500 to 
>$600; they're comparible to an IRO frame built up with mid-range components.
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>Yep, the interweb is great, but if everyone were to buy everything from 
>the interweb, the only people with jobs left would be dudes in their 
>basement running online shops who drop-ship all their merchandise so 
>they don't even need to pay for a warehouse, some 13 year old in China 
>welding these things, and the folks at UPS.
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>Bike shops have a pretty thin profit margin. They don't charge the 
>prices they charge in order to make a killing; they're just trying to 
>make a living and stay in business. Retail space is REALLY expensive.
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>. nevele wrote:
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>> http://myspace-578.vo.llnwd.net/01395/87/55/1395135578_l.jpg
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>> not that everyone cares, but i'm really excited about this.
>>
>> $327 for a bike that in any bike shop in this town would cost nearly 
>> $1k. but thanks to the amazing interweb i don't have to deal with the 
>> frakkin stupidly highly priced non-deals the shops in this town have 
>> to offer. frak, even BNB charges $400 for a used fixed gear! how the 
>> hell are we going to get more folks in to riding bikes if they can't 
>> afford them!? bleh!!
>>
>> ....mmm.. rummm. ;D
>>
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