Specialized products dumped by Performance

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Chris Zacho "The Wheelman" wrote:
Did I just log in through a wormhole?

I can't remember seeing a Specialized product in a Performance or a
Nashbar catalog in over ten years.

This only applies to Performance and Supergo retail stores.

On 8 Dec 2005 11:01:05 -0800, "damyth"
wrote:

Maybe Snook realized most people just don't buy higher end complete
bikes, I dunno.

You may be on to something there. It's quite possible that they're
looking at the market as being most fertile in the area of the
first-time lbs shopper rather than the cycling enthusiast. That niche
is better served by having bikes that are less expensive than the
usual lbs lines, but which are a step up from the stuff at Mall-Wart
and the like. Pacific is quite capable of delivering bikes which have
midrange features at a low price point, and perhaps performance has
decided to concentrate on that. They may also be banking on the
current trend for retro gear in the US in multiple areas; having
cruisers that actually sport the Schwinn badge could be viewed as a
ready selling point to aging yuppies who are looking to rediscover
their old bike from long ago. Look at how successful the VW "New
Beetle" has been; from the reports I've been hearing, it's not all
that wonderful in fact (nor was its predecessor, in truth), but the
nostalgia factor has kept them rolling off the lots despite a fairly
inefficient design and lousy repair access.
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Well, I stopped by the lbs (not Performance) today on the way home from
work to pick up some brake parts, and noticed all Specialized stuff was
on clearance. I asked the owner what happened, and he said Specialized
****ed him off (*long* story). He said if you subscribe to the
industry trade rags, apparently Specialized has been ****ing off a lot
of dealers, dropping Specialized like rocks.

I guess Snook probably wasn't the only one fed up.

"Matt O'Toole" wrote in message
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On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:22:35 +0000, Callistus Valerius wrote:

It does seem that stores who sell Specialized, sell Specialized
everything, right down to the smallest parts and accessories. So we're
stuck with those lousy Specialized inner tubes, with the valve stems that
pull out! I've been through at least a dozen of these in the
last several years, again and again because nothing else was available.
This lack of choice bothers me. Any dealer who puts their customers'
needs first and "just says no" to this is OK with me.

It's the same with Trek, I think. Trek dealers usually have mostly
Bontrager, Wrench Force and their other brands to go along with the bikes.
They just put a different name on the things, which Specialized doesn't.

Donald Gillies wrote:
I think it just goes to show that Performance, like Walmart ("The High
Cost of Low Prices"), is trying its very best to get EVERYTHING from
mainland China. Giant (Taiwan) and Specialized (Taiwan / America)
just don't cut it, i guess.

Take a 3-time bankrupted brand name like Schwinn - with no connection
to its past - and which now sells $100 MTB's at Walmart. Hey, if they
can sell to Walmart, what does that make Performance? Walmart's Ho?
I cannot remember a time in the past where ANY BRAND carried at
Walmart or XMart was sold by a mail order bicycle retailer, period.
This really is unprecedented.

Thank you for pointing out what everyone else has completely missed. It's
obvious that Specialized and Giant are going for small bike shops, where
they belong anyways. Performance seems to equal high volume and brand
disidentification.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

Werehatrack wrote:
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:45:44 GMT, "Callistus Valerius"
wrote:

Performance Bike is dumping all of their Specialized and Giant
products.
http://www.cyclelicio.us/2005/08/per...giant-and.html

Dumping Specialized and Giant for Pacific is like a mall tossing out
Macy's and Bloomingdale's to make way for Wal-Mart. People who want
Specialized will just go somewhere else.

This should be good news for the bike shops, though.

That was my thinking, too.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

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Well, I stopped by the lbs (not Performance) today on the way home from
work to pick up some brake parts, and noticed all Specialized stuff was
on clearance. I asked the owner what happened, and he said Specialized
****ed him off (*long* story). He said if you subscribe to the
industry trade rags, apparently Specialized has been ****ing off a lot
of dealers, dropping Specialized like rocks.

It's too bad because Specialized bikes are very nice for the price.
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alex

specialized didn't send a catalog with 100 fascinating models this
year.
the minkow seats are pleasurable.

wrote:
specialized didn't send a catalog with 100 fascinating models this
year.
the minkow seats are pleasurable.

Did you say "mink???"
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Phil, Squid-in-Training

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
wrote:
specialized didn't send a catalog with 100 fascinating models this
year.
the minkow seats are pleasurable.

Did you say "mink???"
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Phil, Squid-in-Training

"Minkow" is the surname of the doctor credited with the Specialized
Body Geometry saddles. Some people refer to any such design as a
"Minkow wedge", although I've read that the idea was tried (and
abandoned) decades ago.