Re: The Nashbar Story
- From: datakoll <datakoll@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:53:43 -0800 (PST)
On Feb 29, 1:06 am, gill...@xxxxxxxxx (Donald Gillies) wrote:
Ron George <ron.r.geo...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Feel free to drop in comments. Thanks.
http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/02/story-of-bike-nashbar.html
Very amusing, but not very factual.
http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/BikeWarehouse-80/
Bike Warehouse was still called "Bike Warehouse" in 1980. And, it
became Bike Nashbar a few years later, and my memory suggests the
1980-82 time period. And then, apparently, REI took a chunk out of
Nashbar :
http://ridemonkey.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-143757.html
To my way of thinking, recently we lost 2 great mail order shops :
Bike Nashbar and Bikeology/Supergo. Since the Nashbar paper
catalogues turned to Performance-like Icon-Garbage in 2004-5, I'm
guessing that Bike Nashbar was "fixed" by the Performance management
team in 2004 or 2005. Now, Nashbar is just a rabid mono-culture
9-speed and 10-speed parts shop, with 30 typs of clipless pedals and
clothing, and 40 brands of $50 tires, marketed to (i won't say the
word but you-know-who-you-are), just like Performance has always
been...
Turnabout is fair play! A private equity shop has now bought
Performance Bike, and so the quality (like that of UPS) is likely to
spiral even lower even faster :
http://multichannelmerchant.com/news/Performance-sold-07032007/
Who knows what's next for this "me too" octopus... In 15 years I have
found only once, enough useful merchandise on the performance website
to justify an order. Whereas I've ordered many (5+) times from
Nashbar. Sadly, I cannot find much difference between the two web
sites any more ...
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA
not looking. need to read thru the list holding what you want to buy
.
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