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One might suspect that a container ship has landed, as this week there's a flurry of product launches and a whole three bikes in today's Fresh Goods F ...
By amandawishart
Get the full story here:
https://singletrackworld.com/2021/08/fresh-goods-friday-561-the-chipps-gets-married-edition/
In time honoured tradition..
"How much...for a wedding!"
In all seriousness, congrats and best wishes to the happy couple! 😊
Why are sunglasses more expensive than helmets? I know the Smiths are price tbc but they will be well over £100 but the helmet is £94.99 and will be cheaper on line. You would think a piece of protective equipment would be better made and therefore more expensive than some shades
There's some bikes up there that are over 8 grand each and I'm not even bothered anymore.
Congrats on the wedding.
What tyres for a wedding?
Congratulations mr_chipps and mrs_chipps
Congratulations to Beate and Chipps. I hope they have a great day and that the weather treats them well.
Congratulations to you both & have a great day!
The bike industry has now reached the stage where when people ask how much for a bike, the answer is I could buy a wedding for that!
Congratulations Chipps and enjoy!
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Full MemberWhy are sunglasses more expensive than helmets? I know the Smiths are price tbc but they will be well over £100 but the helmet is £94.99 and will be cheaper on line. You would think a piece of protective equipment would be better made and therefore more expensive than some shades
Decent optics are far more expensive to make than something that’s designed to be squashed once
Congrats Mr & Mrs Chipps
Love that T-Shirt. What is the actual discount members get on it?
Have a wonderful day!
Congratulations Beate & Chipps.
oi, get that t-shirt in your shop!
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CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations on your wedding, Chipps! Also is that t-shirt on the store yet, am I just blind or is it yet to be added?
Congrats to you Chipps and Mrs Chipps.
Hope you'll both have a wonderful day and a happy life.
Ride and Shine T-shirt. The link now works… and members get free delivery and a couple of quid off. So… that’s £23.99.
Decent optics are far more expensive to make than something that’s designed to be squashed once
Nonsense! Shades are a fashion item, helmets are not.
You’re kidding yourself if you don’t think any helmet over about £40 is a fashion item. Decent optics with coatings aren’t simple things, unlike a combo of plastic, foam and soft pads
yeah, see people strolling round in their helmets on the beach all the time 😂😂
Why are sunglasses more expensive than helmets? I k
Decent optics with coatings aren’t simple things, unlike a combo of plastic, foam and soft pads
https://boingboing.net/2019/03/12/luxottica.html
or the longer and more complete story
it is the lenses where they make the most money, charging markups of 700% or 800% to their customers. The largest margins of all are on complex progressive lenses and protective coatings – for scratch resistance, or to cut out blue light – features that cost Essilor a few cents to make, and which opticians sell for between £25 and £50 a pop
I suspect theres a lot of 'what the market will bear' pricing. Luxotica set the upper limit price with Oakley etc. If you're competing with them you sell at a similar price (or a little bit cheaper). If you go really low cost you lose the artificial cachet of quality.
Galibier have a few different designs that look pretty good, with a choice of lens colours for £35-60 eg https://www.galibier.cc/product/regale-ultra/
(I say this as someone with a few pairs of Oakleys (Prizm Trail really do work for me) and Raybans so I'm not immune to the marketing)