Originally Posted by
WhyFi
You are out of touch with reality. If "cycling fiends are dumb," as you say, and are willing to buy merchandise with inflated price tags just... because... don't you think that at least one of the hundreds of manufacturers in the industry would key in on this and try to take advantage of the situation? Don't you think that at least one of them would realize that dropping price to gain market share (while still maintaining a healthy margin) would net them more profit? If the market is such low-hanging fruit, don't you think that some savvy business person *outside* of the industry would notice and then enter the market to take advantage of it?
People/corporations are greedy. You can't use that trait to explain price gouging and then conveniently ignore it when it comes to the prospect of greater profit through moving more units and gaining market share.
Are you saying the pricing is fair? I use fair in the financial context, As in fair pricing, neither cheap nor rich.
ill answer, no. what goes in a 15k motocycle vs a 15k bicycle....its nonsense
also, bikes like any other luxury item are more prestigious, the more expensive they are, in some instances.
I also suspect that because of the small size of the market, most producer processes are extremely inefficient and expensive because, which also doesn't help price.