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This is clearly a thread which will never get to an end so this is my last post on the matter.
Chris Borneo, the prices for our wheel sets are not the same as H+Son so clearly we are not trying to put ourselves at the same league, however it amazes me how some people can still believe the level of 'innovation' that can be applied to a RIM, make it twice as expensive as ours and still get their respect while our brand is still getting slagged off. Well guess what, the quality of our wheels is exceptional too (isn't it strange that everyone that keeps trolling about us has not even seen or ridden one of our wheels?) and we have not picked them out of a catalogue but have selected and designed each component carefully. So the same old problem here is that people make a lot of assumptions without actually knowing what they are talking about.
And Tibbly, I am not asking the approval from this community (which many people would doubt it can even be called one), I am simply protecting our brand from some of the defamatory accusations that have been made here, since this still appears in the first page of Google so I have every right to educate people of the facts, which some of you keep ignoring.
Everyone working here is very passionate about cycling and we are not here to exploit a market boom, but to make a living doing something that we like.
We have worked very hard to get to where we are today, we have admitted we had a few issues in the beginnings (like every other start-up company) and have rectified each one of them in the last 5 years.
The closing down of the shop and the phasing out of our bespoke bikes marks a big step for us. We ll be able to expand our range based on a lot of feedback we received from many industry experts in the last few years. We ll be able to improve the quality further and make our prices a lot more competitive, and I will keep checking this thread to see what some of you will have to say on the new model in the next 12 months or so.
All the best