Originally Posted by Scottluebke2004
My bias is probably coming through, but the nicest looking bike this year is the Rocky Mountain Element 70. Paint scheme is beautiful. I was digging the 2005/2006 colors from Kona as they were quite unique. This year I am not a big fan.
The 2005/6 colors are freaking awesome. I wasn't a keen on the sort of olive green on the Dawg Primo when I saw a picture of it, but as soon as I saw it in person I was in love.
Originally Posted by ericthehalfab
2. More Moving parts on some of the Dualies, why, why, why, why
My thoughts exactly.
Originally Posted by mild beast
and what are they waiting for? did they find some contaminants in the metals in the bikes? all these are made in China. it's not like there is some limitation on labor or some union on strike. get these effing bikes over here now. mark them up 50,000,000% and take my money. seems easy enough.
What do you mean? Did someone say something about delays?
It takes to time to tool up for production of a new design. To save costs, prototype tooling is often only fit for making a few copies and requires a lot more focused attention than you can afford on a regular assembly line. Also, you've got to get any changes in your supply chain at least partially straightened out. There always has been and always will be some delay between demo and when bikes hit the dealers.