Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"

On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 11:55:58 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 1/9/2025 10:57 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 1/9/2025 8:46 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 16:09:43 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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I'd be a bit interested in exactly how a small company's
"new" tire
comes to market.
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Obviously, Rene Herse Inc. does not make any parts of the
tire. I
suspect Jan Heine and crew select from a menu of choices
regarding
beads, fabrics, perhaps adhesives and whatever else
matters regarding
the casing. I wonder exactly how those factors differ
from other tires -
especially the Paselas that I usually use.
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I imagine the recipe for tread rubber is also pretty much
a menu choice,
affecting longevity vs. traction and/or other factors. It
sounds like he
gets to choose the tread design, so effectively the
design of the mold
for the tread rubber, which I suppose will be used only
for his brand.
That cost has to be amortized over the total sales of
that model of tire.

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So, yeah, pretty much like how most everything else comes
to market,
so why does the marketing of this tire need your
speculative analysis?

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Why do my posts need _your_ speculative analysis?
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I was expressing some curiosity, hoping to learn something.
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It seems that attitude is so unfamiliar to you that you find
it to be incomprehensible.
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In today's mail:
https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop/components/tires/700c/700c-x-44-corkscrew-climb-tc-semi-slick/
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$82, which is only 2% to 36.6% over the Panaracer Gravel
King series, the most popular tire range now for
touring/mud/gravel:
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https://www.panaracerusa.com/pages/gravelking
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Corkscrew in 5 options, Gravel King in six widths (plus 650
size), five treads, three casing types.

 Setting a price for a product involves far more than just calculating
the cost of getting it to market.
--
C'est bon
Soloman