Wheels By Fleming
San Jose, California
The Business
Wheels By Fleming is an importer of bicycle wheel parts from Taiwan and an assembler of bicycle wheels.
The proprietor is Robert Shackelford, of San Jose, California with 1000+ wheels of bicycle wheel building
experience. All bicycle wheels consist of alloy hubs or better, alloy rims or better and stainless steel
spokes or better.
The Business Objectives
- The primary business objective is to provide local bicycle shops with hand-assembled
and trued alloy bicycle wheels that are ready for installation on bicycles saving shops the
time and labor expense necessary to prep factory machine-built bicycle wheels while still
offering competitive prices.
- The secondary business objective is to provide bicycle wheels from this location at retail via
the Internet or yearly garage sales.
- The third business objective is to provide bicycle wheel parts for both wholesale and
retail customers.
Expected Production Volume
Expected production volume is 10 to 20 bicycle wheels per week. The are no plans to expand
to a regulated store front in the event that production falls short of demand.
Summary of Operations
Production
Production of bicycle wheels occurs from January through November of each year. Special order
production of bicycle wheels may occur in December but will be rare. December is regarded as
a wind-down sales only month.
Sales and Delivery
Sales and delivery occur from January through December of each year.
Delivery Schedule
The delivery schedule for retailers varies each week and warrants a page of its own with weekly
updates.
Follow the link in the index on the left.
Local Bicycle Shops That Sell Our Bicycle Wheels
A reseller is available for those who need a bicycle wheel or two for pickup by retail
bicycle shop owners and retail customers at:
131 E. William St.
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 998-1618
Becoming A Value Added Wholesaler or Reseller
Telephone or email mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net. Depending
upon your location, I will either visit in person or snail mail a packet to you. The packet
contains:
- A partially completed resale certificate
- An application for an account at mrrabbit.net
- A business brochure
Other Business Information
For all other information and inquiries, try the links in the index on the left, call, or simply
email mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net.
Sincerely,
Robert Shackelford, a.k.a. "MrRabbit", a.k.a. "Fleming"
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