toast2266
- Member since Jun 22, 2004 O+
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Whitefish , Montana - 6 Followers
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toast2266 nsbillet's article
Jun 1, 2023 at 7:00
14 hours
North Shore Billet Announces New Canadian-Made Talon Cranks
Yes they're heavy. And yes they're expensive. But the biggest problem is that they don't come in purple.
Selling
May 31, 2023 at 16:33
1 day
New SRAM XX1 cranks 170mm
$325 USDNew in box XX1 cranks. 170mm length. Boost / 148 spacing. DUB spindle. 34t chainring. I can include a lightly used (but still in like new condition) 32t XX1 chainring for an extra $25.
toast2266 edspratt's article
May 25, 2023 at 15:11
May 25, 2023
Revenue Round Up: Some Success Amidst Falling Sales
@HB208: Agreed. And I think that's why most DTC brands are a bit cheaper. But at the end of the day, there just isn't as much money to be made on financing, service, and parts in the bike industry compared to the auto and motorcycle industries. So bike margins are never going to drop as low as those other industries because there's no other way to recoup that money.
toast2266 edspratt's article
May 25, 2023 at 14:01
May 25, 2023
Revenue Round Up: Some Success Amidst Falling Sales
@HB208: Motorcycles are priced like cars. There's essentially no dealer margin built into the price. I think average margin for a new car is somewhere around 2-3%. Motorcycles are a bit higher at maybe 10%. The profit on motorcycles and cars mostly comes from financing, service, and parts.
Ebikes are priced like regular bikes. Profit margins somewhere around 30-40%.
Solution: put an internal combustion engine into the ebike so that there's a viable, service based sales model.
toast2266 mattbeer's article
May 24, 2023 at 13:05
May 24, 2023
Quiz: Can You Guess All of These Tire Treads?
A lot of the answers aren't very answer-y
toast2266 HayesPerformanceSystems's article
May 24, 2023 at 10:18
May 24, 2023
Manitou Announces All New Mattoc Fork
It's kinda like All Mountain, but it's only Most of the Mountain.
toast2266 dariodigiulio's article
May 22, 2023 at 14:10
May 22, 2023
Opening Day Survey 2023: What People Are Riding at the Whistler Bike Park
I'd bet elbow pads on knees person is approximately 6 years old.
toast2266 christinachappetta's article
May 15, 2023 at 12:25
May 15, 2023
Video: Why Beginner and Advanced Riders Love Blue Trails (and Intermediate Riders Don't)
Everyone loves blue trails when they're really well built. But most blue trails aren't really well built.
toast2266 edspratt's article
May 11, 2023 at 16:17
May 11, 2023
Pinkbike Predictions: Who Could Win the XC World Cup Season Opener?
I predict he will be robbed of the xc world title.
toast2266 seb-stott's article
May 10, 2023 at 10:34
May 10, 2023
Patent Round-Up: Fox's Self-Adjusting Suspension, Specialized's Cable-Routing Headset & Shimano's Slimline Brakes
If you read the patent, that's actually the point of the secondary plunger (#54 on the diagram). At least in the patent, it's called a "randomizer." It ensures that the lever pull is different every time, because a consistent brake is a boring brake.
