Pro Archer Shot-Coach addresses whether bow designers work three to four years ahead of the market. Novel technologies might have that lead time, but most designs follow normal product cycles and reach consumers much closer to when they're finalized.
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So here's a rumor right that I've heard and it's like you guys when you're designing your bows like your designers are like three to four years ahead of what's on the market. Is that about right?
In some cases I would say that that's true but I would say in most cases it's not. You know it depends on what what the project is if it's if we're looking at like really trying something new and different that hasn't been done before. Yeah it's going to be a few years out to but it's not like we have 20, 27 bows hanging up in here that we're we're you know we want to stay more on the pulse of the industry so like technology wise that may a specific technology may take a couple years to develop but you know the exact bow what it's going to look like the finish of the riser and everything is gets developed more within that normal product cycle of.