Originally Posted by kevinmenard

On the pricing thing since we just got our frames we are feeling the affects of increased material costs, transportation costs and a US dollar that sucks against most foreign currencies. All this adds up to more expensive frames. You will see that everyone when they release their 09 product will have big jumps in prices due to the same factors. We just happened to be first since we released our product this fall instead of in the coming spring. I think you will find that $550 for a frame and fork isn't going to be super expensive come this spring when compared to other manufacturers.