I assume they're trying to take back some of the higher end market? I don't think they'll be gone soon, but it's certainly a much more cluttered landscape than it was only a few years ago.c60rider wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:06 pmI doubt they'll be gone in a couple of years but they'll not gain any new customers as they're way out of price for most. Power meter price has and will continue to drop in price so any new riders to power dipping their toe will probably go stages, pioneer, 4i etc and probably find they work perfectly adequately. And marketing sells products. 20 years ago the top teams all tended to ride Colnago. They drifted out of sponsorship and most bikers now seem to lust after he latest trek, specialized, bmc, canyon etc why? Because the pros ride them. Same with power meters hardly anyone is using srm now so if a product is good enough for them that's what the masses will buy.maquisard wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:26 pmThe powermeter market is growing, SRM's market share is diminishing. They aren't investing in new products and instead simply relying on the revenue from their current product line. Any new products like the latest iteration of the PowerControl is over priced, under specced and late to market.ghisallo2003 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:51 pmYour evidence? Like Campagnolo being decimated by the OEM market? They won't be the biggest supplier, but that is not their objective. Having just bought another SRM, I did take a bet.
This only ever ends one way, they will be gone in a couple of years.
I'd be curious to see if SRM do anything to introduce a low cost product to rival stages, 4i, etc, but at least right now in the short term with the Origin they seem to be going in the other direction. Low weight, beautiful PM and the trilobe concept seems like a pretty novel idea. Rechargeable battery seems like a great idea as well. At minimum should make resale easier, and probably eliminates a lot of complexity in production.
Incidentally I just ordered a SRM Origin for my R5. Competitivecyclist's current 20% off a full priced item code doesn't exclude it, so figured I'd give it a shot at a discount. Honestly I thought there would be more hype surrounding the origin on here, given its claimed weight of sub 600g. It's expensive, yeah. But so are THM brakes. I'll be tossing Carbon-Ti rings on it to get that weight down a little further. Think it's going to be the cherry on top of this build when it's done.
Will weigh it and post a picture once it gets here.