Originally Posted by
timcarouge
It seems you are arguing for arguments sake. I have nothing to add beyond the facts presented before (based on experience as a bike distributor). Let's wait and see what Helix announces. By the way, I helped Peter with the early spec of the bike.
Then its a pity that you didn't tell Peter to design the frame to accepts wider tires as most ETRTO 507 tires are wider than what the Helix frame accept !
Originally Posted by
wilhelmine
company need to develop products to be competitive, if there is a little gain why not make a tire, I do not think that tools will change even
Companies want to make profit.
In order to do so, they must have enough margin on their products. Most companies have internal rules defining minimal margin's on their products.
They won't make products on which they do not have enough margin and with only 1000 pieces, the fixed costs to make a tire in a new size won't leave enough margin.
Remember also that what is needed is an high end lightweight tire, not Chinese low cost shhit.