​​​​​Hi Everyone, it has been awhile since I have posted much information or commented on any threads about carbon fiber components, but over the last few months I have been getting more e-mails about the possibility of making carbon fiber wheel covers.
I have had people over the last few years ask me about making them, but at the time there were others making them (Wheel Builder, Catalyst, and a shop in the UK that I know of) so I never looked into going any further with a project. Lately I was told that Catalyst is no longer in business and has stopped making them, so I think that might be the reason I have been getting more e-mails about them.
The reason for this post to to gauge the interest in a project like this to see if it is a feasibly from a cost standpoint compared to the amount of interest of people wanting a cover like this. This type of part is pretty large so the tooling costs are not insignificant, so the volume would need to be large enough to pay back the tooling over time.
What I would like to get out of this post is any interest in a carbon wheel cover that would be very similar in design to the other covers that are (were) available and a reasonable fair market cost that people feel they would pay for a product like this. If you could please email me at my e-mail address below or on this thread, this would be great.
BTW, for the Cervelo P5 owners out there that have seen my thread on a bottom Bracket storage box over the last couple of years, I am still working on trying to get this project started up as well. It will still be awhile, but I have not completely given up on this yet. Sorry for the lack of updates on any of these projects, but life kind of took over and I had to put a lot on the side until I could come up with more time.
Thank you for everyone’s support over the years for all of my components, I can not thank you enough, Glen