12-31-2006, 07:45 AM
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#12 (permalink)
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>> Aside from that, there's a certain amount of arrogance in saying that the
>> type of bike you or I prefer is what everyone should ride. I try to
>> educate
>> my customers, and I lose quite a few sales because I don't have a row of
>> (to
>> you & me) silly, heavy, non-functional but cheap dual-suspension bikes.
>> In
>> three years, I've sold exactly three Y26s. Special orders. But just
>> because
>> it's not a $2000 road bike with someone drooling over wheel options
>> doesn't
>> mean that style is irrelevant.
>
> You and I know what sentiment is at work: people want a comfortable
> bike, and assume that full suspension equates to comfort. What they
> don't understand is that they're sacrificing an enormous amount of
> pedaling efficiency to get that comfort, not to mention the weight.
>
> The obvious answer is to make every Y26-seeker test-ride it, immediately
> followed by a trip around the block on a 7.3FX.
As I said, we've sold just three Y26s in three years. We do, in fact, almost
require that they ride something else, so they can see why we don't
recommend it. But in the process we're discouraging someone's dream, and
quite possibly damaging their desire to ride. Obviously that's balanced by
the fact that someone on an FX-style hybrid is more-likely to enjoy and
continue riding! But our pursuit of the practical sometimes limits our
ability to evangelize our favorite means of getting around.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
"Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote in message
news:rcousine-502958.01070331122006@news.telus.net...
> In article <5iElh.55647$qO4.20116@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net> ,
> "Mike Jacoubowsky" <MikeJ@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
>
>> >> It's actually fairly popular with the
>> >> less-sophisticated commute crowd, who want something that has a smooth
>> >> ride
>> >> and don't care about what it weighs or ever take it off road.
>> >
>> > I don't suppose the good bike shop owners of the
>> > world will do much to relieve these customers of their
>> > ridiculous notions as long as those customers keep
>> > wavin that dinero.
>>
>> Not much "dinero" involved in the bike in question. We'd much rather
>> someone
>> a more-appropriate bike for a similar amount of money (for example, a
>> Trek
>> 7.3FX hybrid).
>>
>> Aside from that, there's a certain amount of arrogance in saying that the
>> type of bike you or I prefer is what everyone should ride. I try to
>> educate
>> my customers, and I lose quite a few sales because I don't have a row of
>> (to
>> you & me) silly, heavy, non-functional but cheap dual-suspension bikes.
>> In
>> three years, I've sold exactly three Y26s. Special orders. But just
>> because
>> it's not a $2000 road bike with someone drooling over wheel options
>> doesn't
>> mean that style is irrelevant.
>
> You and I know what sentiment is at work: people want a comfortable
> bike, and assume that full suspension equates to comfort. What they
> don't understand is that they're sacrificing an enormous amount of
> pedaling efficiency to get that comfort, not to mention the weight.
>
> The obvious answer is to make every Y26-seeker test-ride it, immediately
> followed by a trip around the block on a 7.3FX.
>
> I think they'll end up like my supervisor at work, who once I directed
> him towards fast hybrid bikes, ended up with a flat-bar road machine (a
> reasonably nice Giant), and is continually impressed by its turn of
> speed.
>
> --
> Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
> "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
> to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
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