Don't know if this was mentioned yet but if you go to the old Supergo site there is a coupon for use at performance. 10% off any purchase. I already used it. Every dime helps 🙂 http://www.performancebike.com/sgo_now_perf.cfm
Ozark Bicycle said:
Just received an email to the effect that "Supergo.com has closed and is now part of Performance Bicycle". I know that they were owned by Performance for some time, but apparently they have decided to kill off the franchise. I notice that both Supergo and Nashbar have been having a higher than normal number of "sales" in the past year. And Nashbar seemed to be making an effort to clear out lots of NOS merchandise that seeminly had been gathering dust for years. I wonder if Nashbar is next for the scrap heap?
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Just received an email to the effect that "Supergo.com has closed and is now part of Performance Bicycle". I know that they were owned by Performance for some time, but apparently they have decided to kill off the franchise. I notice that both Supergo and Nashbar have been having a higher than normal number of "sales" in the past year. And Nashbar seemed to be making an effort to clear out lots of NOS merchandise that seeminly had been gathering dust for years. I wonder if Nashbar is next for the scrap heap?
Nashbar has been a bit lately. They run the same blow out sales all the time. They raise prices so that they can claim items are on sale later on. Many times they have multiple sale prices. I have timed some sales with coupons and gotten really good prices on some stuff. I liked the old Nashbar. They had consistently low prices, instead of the ocassional low sale price. -------------- Alex
I just checked. My (auto-generated) bookmark for 'em is still called "Bike and Spike Nashbar -- Cycling and Volleyball Equipment".
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So it wasn't THAT long ago; I only began riding in '96.
I don't remember that. But in the late '70s, Nashbar was Bike Warehouse. And for a while, part of the catalog was called "Ski Warehouse" with XC ski gear. That was when the catalog was newsprint and only one color.
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Just received an email to the effect that "Supergo.com has closed and is now part of Performance Bicycle". I know that they were owned by Performance for some time, but apparently they have decided to kill off the franchise. I notice that both Supergo and Nashbar have been having a higher than normal number of "sales" in the past year. And Nashbar seemed to be making an effort to clear out lots of NOS merchandise that seeminly had been gathering dust for years. I wonder if Nashbar is next for the scrap heap?
Nashbar has been a bit lately. They run the same blow out sales all the time. They raise prices so that they can claim items are on sale later on. Many times they have multiple sale prices. I have timed some sales with coupons and gotten really good prices on some stuff. I liked the old Nashbar. They had consistently low prices, instead of the ocassional low sale price.
I've also noticed that their prices fluctuate, even on discontinued items (e.g., an NOS saddle might be $30 bucks one day, $40 a few days later, then back to $30). I suspect this has to do both with inventory levels and, perhaps, timing with XX% off coupons.
I, too, liked the old Nashbar better, but I still find them useful and hope they aren't the next victim of the Performance Empire.
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Just received an email to the effect that "Supergo.com has closed and is now part of Performance Bicycle". I know that they were owned by Performance for some time, but apparently they have decided to kill off the franchise. I notice that both Supergo and Nashbar have been having a higher than normal number of "sales" in the past year. And Nashbar seemed to be making an effort to clear out lots of NOS merchandise that seeminly had been gathering dust for years. I wonder if Nashbar is next for the scrap heap?
Nashbar has been a bit lately. They run the same blow out sales all the time. They raise prices so that they can claim items are on sale later on. Many times they have multiple sale prices. I have timed some sales with coupons and gotten really good prices on some stuff. I liked the old Nashbar. They had consistently low prices, instead of the ocassional low sale price.
I've also noticed that their prices fluctuate, even on discontinued items (e.g., an NOS saddle might be $30 bucks one day, $40 a few days later, then back to $30). I suspect this has to do both with inventory levels and, perhaps, timing with XX% off coupons.
I, too, liked the old Nashbar better, but I still find them useful and hope they aren't the next victim of the Performance Empire.
I've said it before and I will say it again. From a business perspective it makes sense for Performance to have two sites: the main site (Performance) to handle all the regular, current stuff, and an outlet store. Nashbar has been the latter for at least a couple of years now; they are the Ross or Marshall's of the on-line bike world. I predicted, in this group, that Performance would nix the Supergo site before it was announced; the two sites were serving the same market and the two brands were in competition. Expect Nashbar to stay, but expect it to be an outlet store as it has been.
