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Non-Tech : Cannondale Corp. (BIKE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeff Walberg who wrote (51)	2/11/1998 6:09:00 PM
From: Bert Zed	Respond to of 103

Good points raised, especially the pollution aspect. I do not know how Cannondale are regarded in the U.S. but in the U.K. it is a premium brand and much respected. I do know that we pay in pounds sterling what you guys pay in dollars. My Silk Road R4000 Saeco Paris-Roubaix replica with Spinergys should have cost circa œ3,400, which makes it an expensive bit of kit. There is some perceived value in the brand and I suppose that they are "milking" the name. I suppose a counter argument might be that if outdoor enthusiasts are going to spend their money on motorcycles would we prefer it to be a Cannondale rather than a Honda, etc. I don't know the answer to that one.

To: Jeff Walberg who wrote (51)	2/11/1998 9:09:00 PM
From: Steve Patterson	Respond to of 103

"Off-road motorcycles" covers a lot of ground, from two-stroke MX race replicas to big four-stroke enduro bikes to whatever it is you call a BMW R1100GS. New two-strokes are now illegal for off-road use in California, and the growing air-quality concerns in the rest of the US suggest that more states (or the feds) may follow. However, the four-stroke market is already crowded with several expensive, low-production builders (Husaberg, ATK, KTM, etc.). So it's not clear to me where Cannondale's effort fits in, market-wise. Steve

To: Jeff Walberg who wrote (51)	2/11/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: Daniel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103

> As an investor, I naturally want to see them grow, but I feel they > are best able to do this when they stick to what they know. > Motorcycles may be somewhat related to bicycles, but it seems like > a bit of a diversion from their real core. Yeah, I wonder about that too. > Not to mention the fact that I don't see encouraging a new > generation of outdoor enthusiasts to race around with noisy, > polluting machines to be in the best spirit of bicycling. And that's why it seemed strange to me. I wonder if their alluded-to innovations relate to reduced noise and/or pollution. Daniel