Flo Cycling Wheels (Page 3)

GoFaster - 2011-02-21 5:54 AM It's unfortunate about the delay, but as always please keep us posted with updates.  If I have the race the beginning of the season without a deep front clincher, then it's no different than past seasons.  Hopefully everything gets back on track and you can get these out by mid-season at the latest.

jdwright56 - 2011-02-20 4:09 PM I am going to have to agree with Scott.  It is almost the end of February and the pre-order process has not begun yet, nor are the wheels ready for full production or testing.  I would be surprised if it were before June when orders would start being filled.  At that point, I have to be settled into a new set of wheels as we will be in the midst of the racing season. 

It's too bad, really, as I had great hopes for these wheels.  Being a guy that buys wheels for several members of a team, I can't really afford to equip the bikes for this season and then re-equip them for next season. 

Maybe in a few years.  I admit the disappointment of having to spend money we had planned on spending on these wheelsets on more expensive peices and thus limiting out ability to buy more sets is pretty large. 

wide awake - 2011-02-21 10:33 AM



Maybe I am wrong, but it really seems like this was posted to make them feel bad about not having their product ready. I would much rather wait for a quality finished product than buy something that was rushed off the assembly line. I just feel that it was an uncalled for cheap shot.

Canadian_Flo - 2011-02-20 5:04 PM

Sorry about that.  I wish we could have made that a possibility for you.  That said, rushing to release a "questionable" product is something we cannot do.  All the best with racing this season.

 

Boogie7247 - 2011-02-21 8:00 AM

thanks! I will be getting a pair for this reason.

robbmt - 2011-02-21 8:03 AMAny chance that you would expect us heavier clydes to be able to use these?

Stock R - 2011-02-21 1:07 PMWhere are these wheels going to be shipped out of?

Rudedog55 - 2011-02-21 1:29 PMis the flo logo going to be a sticker or screen printing??

And if i read somewhere correctly, the rear disk will be a spoked wheel inside with a disc covering/fairing?? 

Rudedog55 - 2011-02-21 3:29 PM is the flo logo going to be a sticker or screen printing??

And if i read somewhere correctly, the rear disk will be a spoked wheel inside with a disc covering/fairing?? 

wide awake - 2011-02-21 9:33 AM



Maybe I am wrong, but it really seems like this was posted to make them feel bad about not having their product ready. I would much rather wait for a quality finished product than buy something that was rushed off the assembly line. I just feel that it was an uncalled for cheap shot.

jdwright56 - 2011-02-21 8:12 PM

Wow - you obviously don't know me very well.  I said that I was disappointed becasue we had looked forward to maximizing our dollar with a product that we felt would be a quality item. 
As a not for profit foundation that is in our third year, we do not have a great deal of cash to spend on team items.  We have added, in the past year, almost 20 members to our team and we would like to be able to provide each member with the same equipment. 

Yes, we are disappointed in the delays.  I never said, and you will never hear anyone from our board say, that we felt that Flo is a bad company, that the guys are bad people, or that we have lost faith in the product.  We were clearly stating that we were not going to be able to wait (as many of our racers will start their seasons in March and April) and we we were disappointed that we were not going to be able to take advantage of Flo's product and honest pricing. 

Our group has been very excited about a lower cost wheel that we could fund raise and uniformly put on all team bicycles and being in the financial situation that we are - not being able to buy new wheels evey year.  We had been one of the biggest advocates and word of mouth advertisers in the Central Iowa area and I have been on this board, if you look back at other posts. 

The facts are, however, that the original statements by Flo were to be accepting pre-orders in the last quarter of 2010 and shipping in Q1.  There was then a delay that placed pre-order in Q1 with delivery beginning in May.  This has been delayed  - whose fault that is I don't know, but it sounds as if there have been some issues with production and getting things "just right".  Is that a part of being a start-up?  Absolutely.  Do I understand the issues?  Absolutley.  Does it lessen my disappointment in "what could have been"?  Nope.

Most importantly, do I think that the Flo guys have done anything wrong?  Not at all.  I think they are doing the right thing.  I am just disappointed that our team can't be involved when they get all set to roll. 

Chris - if I in any way conveyed to you that I felt you were less of a person than I thought you were in the past, I hope that you accept my apoplogies.  I hope that Flo takes off and does so well that when we get the ability to buy more wheels, we can look to Flo as a vendor for us.  I am sorry if my comment read any other way. 

I remain a FB fan and a member of the mailing list. 

furiousferret - 2011-02-21 8:51 PM I'll be in the market for race wheels in a few months and while I do a ton of research and decide on the best product, I'll have to add a few notches to Flo for your involvement with both the bt and st communities.

Also, will your stickers all be Blue / Black or will you have a neutral Grey / Black (like the SRAM Wheels) as well?

Crazy Pirate - 2011-01-10 10:08 PMHopefully they'll make 650c wheels soon!

Canadian_Flo - 2011-02-21 3:11 PM Wheels will be shipped from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Canadian_Flo - 2011-02-21 3:11 PM Wheels will be shipped from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stock R - 2011-02-22 10:31 AM

Boo.  So us Canadians will have to deal w/ customs?

Aysel - 2011-02-22 7:22 AM Any love for us short stacks? Not a lot of options out there for 650c.

Stock R - 2011-02-22 7:31 AM

Boo.  So us Canadians will have to deal w/ customs?

jdwright56 - 2011-02-21 9:12 PM

Wow - you obviously don't know me very well.  I said that I was disappointed becasue we had looked forward to maximizing our dollar with a product that we felt would be a quality item. 
As a not for profit foundation that is in our third year, we do not have a great deal of cash to spend on team items.  We have added, in the past year, almost 20 members to our team and we would like to be able to provide each member with the same equipment. 

Yes, we are disappointed in the delays.  I never said, and you will never hear anyone from our board say, that we felt that Flo is a bad company, that the guys are bad people, or that we have lost faith in the product.  We were clearly stating that we were not going to be able to wait (as many of our racers will start their seasons in March and April) and we we were disappointed that we were not going to be able to take advantage of Flo's product and honest pricing. 

Our group has been very excited about a lower cost wheel that we could fund raise and uniformly put on all team bicycles and being in the financial situation that we are - not being able to buy new wheels evey year.  We had been one of the biggest advocates and word of mouth advertisers in the Central Iowa area and I have been on this board, if you look back at other posts. 

The facts are, however, that the original statements by Flo were to be accepting pre-orders in the last quarter of 2010 and shipping in Q1.  There was then a delay that placed pre-order in Q1 with delivery beginning in May.  This has been delayed  - whose fault that is I don't know, but it sounds as if there have been some issues with production and getting things "just right".  Is that a part of being a start-up?  Absolutely.  Do I understand the issues?  Absolutley.  Does it lessen my disappointment in "what could have been"?  Nope.

Most importantly, do I think that the Flo guys have done anything wrong?  Not at all.  I think they are doing the right thing.  I am just disappointed that our team can't be involved when they get all set to roll. 

Chris - if I in any way conveyed to you that I felt you were less of a person than I thought you were in the past, I hope that you accept my apoplogies.  I hope that Flo takes off and does so well that when we get the ability to buy more wheels, we can look to Flo as a vendor for us.  I am sorry if my comment read any other way. 

I remain a FB fan and a member of the mailing list.