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08-12-11 | 01:12 PM

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bud16415

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From: Erie Penna.

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Originally Posted by fietsbob

Bikes Direct is about lowering cost , bypassing the LBS and the shop workers
doing a full checkover and wheel prep, as they assemble the bikes to put on the sales floor..

generic low ball spoke supplier is part of the math in the bottom line..

That’s probably a very true statement, and most business models wouldn’t survive under that situation in the past. But with the internet there is a ever expanding customer base of first time buyers. Even if most of them do their job as best they can and run down the spec sheet and see fairly good quality components across the board they will overlook the simple spoke, maybe the quality of the paint finish, bar tape, etc. and throw in a rear rack. not to mention an ill suited gear range for the type of bike it is.

I do wonder then a bike like the Fuji Tour that for all practical purposes is the same bike retailed in the same manner but for a few hundred more dollars more. Would they be paying more attention to things like spokes?

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