Regarding the part in my previous article that said
「The front wheel of the ERC1400 Diecut db is
¥145,000 excluding tax, ¥159,500 including tax,
so two front wheels would be ¥319,000 including tax～」
I received the following comment:
I hate to point it out, but.
If the front wheel is ¥145,000 and rear wheel ¥159,500, wouldn't front and rear together be ¥304,500?
Or rather, since it was originally two front wheels, wouldn't the reduction be ¥290,000?
That's what they said.
The ¥145,000 is the front wheel's pre-tax list price, and ¥159,500 is the front wheel's list price including tax.
The point of this project is to take two front wheels with a ¥319,000 list price including tax
and rebuild them into better front and rear wheels
while also making the price cheaper than ¥319,000!
But they misread the ¥159,500 as the rear wheel's list price
and sent me a comment saying my calculation was wrong,
essentially nitpicking.
I hate to point it out in return, but
you've made a typo — you wrote "reduction" (低下) instead of "list price" (定価).
By the way, the list price for the rear wheel of the ERC1400 Diecut db is
¥195,000 excluding tax, ¥214,500 including tax,
so a standard front and rear wheel pair has a list price of ¥374,000 including tax.
The reason I didn't include the rim height number between "Diecut" and "db"
is intentional — there are 35 and 45 options, but since the price doesn't change with rim height,
I left it out for brevity.
While I'm at it, let me add
that for this project, if I were just buying low and selling high,
there are wheels other than the ERC1400 Diecut 35 db front wheel that I could discount,
but when looking at them as materials for rebuilding into better front and rear wheels,
most of them proved difficult,
so I've decided to pass on them myself.
Here's the complete list:
ARC1100 Diecut 62 (Rim Brake) front wheel
ARC1400 Diecut 48 (Rim Brake) front wheel
Disassembling 16H front wheels to make rear wheels just isn't practical
ARC1100 Diecut 62 (Rim Brake) rear wheel
ARC1400 Diecut 48 (Rim Brake) rear wheel
They're 2:1 laced with 21H, so there's little room
to improve through any kind of rebuilding
↑The top and bottom pairs above
have matching grades and rim heights for front and rear,
so we could inspect them and sell them at discount prices,
but I find it hard to believe that expensive rim brake wheels
will sell these days.
ERC1400 Diecut 35 db (Disc Brake) rear wheel
This is the matching rear wheel for the front wheel we stock alone,
but if I'm looking at it as material for rebuilding,
rebuilding two front wheels is cheaper than stocking both front and rear,
and it allows me to produce the best possible result with minimal waste,
so there's no reason for our shop to stock this rear wheel.
「The front wheel of the ERC1400 Diecut db is
¥145,000 excluding tax, ¥159,500 including tax,
so two front wheels would be ¥319,000 including tax～」
I received the following comment:
I hate to point it out, but.
If the front wheel is ¥145,000 and rear wheel ¥159,500, wouldn't front and rear together be ¥304,500?
Or rather, since it was originally two front wheels, wouldn't the reduction be ¥290,000?
That's what they said.
The ¥145,000 is the front wheel's pre-tax list price, and ¥159,500 is the front wheel's list price including tax.
The point of this project is to take two front wheels with a ¥319,000 list price including tax
and rebuild them into better front and rear wheels
while also making the price cheaper than ¥319,000!
But they misread the ¥159,500 as the rear wheel's list price
and sent me a comment saying my calculation was wrong,
essentially nitpicking.
I hate to point it out in return, but
you've made a typo — you wrote "reduction" (低下) instead of "list price" (定価).
By the way, the list price for the rear wheel of the ERC1400 Diecut db is
¥195,000 excluding tax, ¥214,500 including tax,
so a standard front and rear wheel pair has a list price of ¥374,000 including tax.
The reason I didn't include the rim height number between "Diecut" and "db"
is intentional — there are 35 and 45 options, but since the price doesn't change with rim height,
I left it out for brevity.
While I'm at it, let me add
that for this project, if I were just buying low and selling high,
there are wheels other than the ERC1400 Diecut 35 db front wheel that I could discount,
but when looking at them as materials for rebuilding into better front and rear wheels,
most of them proved difficult,
so I've decided to pass on them myself.
Here's the complete list:
ARC1100 Diecut 62 (Rim Brake) front wheel
ARC1400 Diecut 48 (Rim Brake) front wheel
Disassembling 16H front wheels to make rear wheels just isn't practical
ARC1100 Diecut 62 (Rim Brake) rear wheel
ARC1400 Diecut 48 (Rim Brake) rear wheel
They're 2:1 laced with 21H, so there's little room
to improve through any kind of rebuilding
↑The top and bottom pairs above
have matching grades and rim heights for front and rear,
so we could inspect them and sell them at discount prices,
but I find it hard to believe that expensive rim brake wheels
will sell these days.
ERC1400 Diecut 35 db (Disc Brake) rear wheel
This is the matching rear wheel for the front wheel we stock alone,
but if I'm looking at it as material for rebuilding,
rebuilding two front wheels is cheaper than stocking both front and rear,
and it allows me to produce the best possible result with minimal waste,
so there's no reason for our shop to stock this rear wheel.