Originally Posted by
bhkyte
Smallwheeler quote"if the so-called "premium" bikes didn't exist then there would be no innovative designs, custom tooling, autocad files, molds, jigs, prototyping, or other R and D for the chancers to steal. therefore, the cheap knock-offs like the one in question would also not exist.
surely, you realize that..."
Mass production of small margin items does not nessary mean innovation stops. Which seems to be the reverse of your conjecture.
I stated the world will still revolve which is a universal law rather than an economic one. To be concise......
Premium goods are not always measurably the best or the most expensive to manufacture.
the statements you are making here are, i guess intentionally, so generalized as to have no particular relevance to the topic at hand. the topic isn't about mass production, margins, the relative quality of one set of goods vs. another, and certainly not about newton's laws of motion.
the statement you made previously, "The world would continue to revolve with out premium folding bikes.", i'm sure was not intended to represent some deeply philosophical musing on your part. i'm not criticizing you for it. i just happened to see the irony in the statement and thought it worth pointing out.
also, next time you run across a cheap di blasi r4, hang on to it for me. i regret selling mine. it even had a working generator head lamp..