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Logo-less King Headsets!
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:17:03 -0600, Llatikcuf
wrote: Maybe this is old news, but- Peter White sells Chris King Headsets without the King logo. http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headsets.asp -n You've spent a ton of money on your headset, pretty much everybody agrees you've got the best one going, why wouldn't you want the logo? :-) Kinky Cowboy* *Batteries not included May contain traces of nuts Your milage may vary |
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Logo-less King Headsets!
if i sold frames without decals since the late 70s, i think i'd
continue to sell them as such. kcg sold logo-less headsets for about 20 plus years; that's the issue here. e-RICHIE©™® |
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Logo-less King Headsets!
bfd wrote: Why not? Its good marketing. Not so good because I and others wouldn't buy one for that reason. The high price doesn't hurt either but I wouldn't buy one at nearly any price, whereas I would pay enough for something I liked. The problem is not the presence of the logo per se. Campagnolo headsets were fine, as were Suntour and many others. These were tastefully done. The problem is THE BIG FLAMING SILK SCREENED LOGO shouting out "fashion/marketing victim & dork" from as far away as you can read the bazillion point type.à |
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Logo-less King Headsets!
Kinky Cowboy wrote: On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:17:03 -0600, Llatikcuf wrote: Maybe this is old news, but- Peter White sells Chris King Headsets without the King logo. http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headsets.asp -n You've spent a ton of money on your headset, pretty much everybody agrees you've got the best one going, why wouldn't you want the logo? :-) bing, bing, bing, we have a winner. I WANT eople to know I have a Merckx and a king HS, it is the best and I want to sell more. Does Richard really think he would sell as many of his really beautiful frames w/o his name on them? His name is part of which makes it beautiful. Still don't get the sweat of having a maker's name on something on a bike. |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: Does Richard really think he would sell as many of his really beautiful frames w/o his name on them? His name is part of which makes it beautiful. Still don't get the sweat of having a maker's name on something on a bike. How about if he had them RICHARDSACHS RICHARDSACHS RICHARDSACHS RICHARDSACHS... in bazillion-point all caps italic all around every tube? |
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41 wrote: Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: Does Richard really think he would sell as many of his really beautiful frames w/o his name on them? His name is part of which makes it beautiful. Still don't get the sweat of having a maker's name on something on a bike. How about if he had them RICHARDSACHS RICHARDSACHS RICHARDSACHS RICHARDSACHS... in bazillion-point all caps italic all around every tube? It just doesn't bother me. I counted Merckx 17 times on the last frame we got...so what. This is a headset afterall. |
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Logo-less King Headsets!
Yes, King or kcg as you call them, may have been selling headsets for
20 years, but it really wasn't until everybody started going to threadless that its "name" sold. With threaded headsets, there was always competition from Campy and Shimano for high end, "top-of-the-line" headsets. However, when threadless forks started becoming popular back in the early 90s, at that time, neither Campy nor Shimano offered one. In fact, Shimano refuses to pay royalties and to this day still doesn't offer its headset as a threadless. This opened the door for King as it became *THE* headset, for those seeking "quality" and are willing to pay the price. Thus, it is now a "name" product. Because of that, thousands of riders use King and many prefer the larger logo to let people know what they got. After all, it is only a headset, but hey, YOU want people to now what ya got.....btw, I have a king threadless headset, but its one of the logo-less ones (or at least the logo is so small you have to really look close to see). |
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Logo-less King Headsets!
Yow, the above should have read:
"YOU want people to KNOW what ya got..... |
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Logo-less King Headsets!
i never said _it mattered_ , i only said the drill has been that
it was offered both ways through the past 20? years and all of the sudden the option ceased. i use the marked ones as well. kapeesh? e-RICHIE©™® |
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