Just poppin my head round the LBS. Noticed they had a pair Profile Design Sonic Stryke aerobar in. What shocked me though was the price tag. They had it listed for $275. I thought, man these guy’s don’t know what their doing, but then I got home and did some checking. Profile lists the retail for those between $260 and $280. My question, Why?
They aren’t that light (compared to syntace)
They arn’t really any more aero (remember it’s still a clip-on)
And they don’t even look $280 cool. Maybe $180, but in no way $280.
I also was checking out their Aluminum-X. They want over $285 for it. what confuses me is, it heavier, less aero, not much cheaper, and not as cool as just about any other one-piece out there.
Just to be clear, I’m not knockin on their product or anything, I just fail to see why there is such a price hike for their equipment, when everyone else seems to keep bring out new technology for less. Can someone enlighten me?