Originally Posted by
hotbike
Yes, that is the same material used in kayaks these days. The new roto-molded fairing by this tri-sled firm is a great innovation , But I have done some research in this field. I titled this thread "Mainstream..." because I know that more people would buy Fully Faired bikes if the price was lower. Roto-molding should and could bring the price down. That shopping cart I showed you didn't cost $6,000. And you can get a roto-molded plastic kayak for under $350.
Having researched this, I would say that the Tri-Sled company is holding the price high enough , that they can re-coup their investment (in the mold itself, which is made of solid steel) after selling twenty or so units.
I hope we see a breakthrough soon.
Market share and total production units...drive pricing.
I bet there are lot more of those shopping carts out there than there are fairings for recumbents, larger potential market too. I can't find any of the kiddie carts pricing, but according to my local chain store manager they run about double what a regular cart does so that puts them in the $350 price range, regular plastic shopping carts are ~$175+
Aaron
