CD,
This is a follow up to
this post and the launch of a new company that is a legal vendor for the 2012 Season. The company is: WestCoast Products & Design LLC - WCP for short.
http://wcproducts.net
WCP aims to provide FIRST Teams, Hobbyists, and educators top notch quality products and designs for their projects. Along with items that are currently not available. By the end of week one bearings, chain, and hubs (Colson) will be available to purchase. By the end of week two, aluminum gears will be available to purchase.
If your team is interested in buying this season, please make an account on the site. If your team is interested in getting gears in certain sizes, let us know to help get certain sizes shipped out as soon as possible. I have gotten quite a lot of requests from teams that know certain sizes they'd want.
Some new items available:
-Bearings - Rubber Seal vs Shielded:
http://wcproducts.net/bearings/
-Colson Hub -
http://wcproducts.net/wcp-00052/
-Aluminum Gears: 35T and 48T Supershifter replacements along with other sizes:
http://wcproducts.net/gears-20-dp/
Special Thanks to folks at AndyMark and Team 221 for being supportive, it’s amazing that FIRST vendors support one another. Also thanks to 254 (for the inspiration), EWCP, Adam Heard, Sean Cantrell, James Tonthat and other various individuals that gave me advice and helped/tested the items being sold now.
If you have any direct questions: please email here:
rc@wcproducts.net
Thanks,
-RC