Bike companies that are (somehow) still around
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somehow Funn components is still around?
I thought they are the offshoot brand of a manufacturer that makes shit for other companies. Kinda like Novatec or Maxxis.
totally possible, but had no idea that was the situation
I just bought a FUNN stem. One of the few companies I could find making a 45mm 31.8 0 rise stem.
THIS GUY KNOWS HOW...
kind of surprised any of the more boutique brands are doing well at the moment. With about 5 different tyre sizes, a million hub spacings and bb options, plus the joy of 2 different rear shock options (yay, metric!) how do you even figure out what to build? There must be a bunch of smaller manufacturers sitting on boxes of 27.5 frames, cursing the advent of 27.5+ and all its dentist satisfying features.
Anyone that focused on the MTB DJ scene has moved to freestyle fixed gear and now cx, who knows where the fickle winds will blow next
Anyone that focused on the MTB DJ scene has moved to freestyle fixed gear and now cx, who knows where the fickle winds will blow next
their trail bikes are apparently pretty kick ass.
Haro?
i think they folded somewhere between '01-'03. I bought one of their slalom hardtails in 2002 on closeout. in retrospect it was probably going out of business sale. the back end is a little bit out of alignment.
I ride a Haro.
It has 20" wheels and no stupid suspension or gears. The way all Haros were meant to be.
yeah I heard they had alignment issues with some of the bmx stuff , bmx kept them alive IMO they sold more of those frame then mountain bike
.They had a poor manager for a while as well , dude was at one event at the start of the year and handed out a years worth of swag and gave away a bunch of stuff as well . The owner was pissed !!! it took them a while to recover from that as buddy handed out some Pro deals through the back door .
So the stiffness comparable to an average man seeing a picture of Margaret Thatcher is a feature?Might as well throw iron horse in that mix.
Too many good choices. I can't decide.
Cannondale is actually making okay bikes........usually with only one stupid design choice per model
Nicolai must have burned tons of money on developing various GBoxxes for the tiny gearbox niche, only for everybody to start using Pinion. And even living in Germany i hardly ever see one of their bikes.
Bionicon's continued existence also baffles me.
Bionicon's continued existence also baffles me.
munich has a lot of dentists
That's a completely different brand, but thanks for playing.
Nope. Different company.
It would piss me off when people would ask "what kind of bike is that? Is it a Cheeto?".
Michelin Comp32
it's been 100 responses and no one has said it, so i'll be that guy (despite somehow having decent luck with their stuff over the years).
crank bros
crank bros
Diamondback? Can't remember the last time I saw a Knucklebox suspended bike around here.
As for Haro and Mongoose, I figured they're still players in the DJ/Slalom market and/or sell through big box stores like Dicks and Walmart.
As for Haro and Mongoose, I figured they're still players in the DJ/Slalom market and/or sell through big box stores like Dicks and Walmart.
My buddy had one of these back in the day. I remember being pretty jealous. Compared to my GT I-Drive it was a hucking and sending monster. It of course cracked while he was bunny hopping around on some curbs to impress a group of girls.
Are we expending the list to include component companies? If so...
Ringle
FSA
Box components
Marzocchi
Easton
Manitou
Hayes
Azonic (also makes WTF frames)
Ritchey
Urge
Kenda
Dean
Magura
Tioga
Kore
Hutchinson
and about 2 dozen others
Oh, and they're a frame company, but Surly too.
FSA - really big in road, they just released an electronic drivetrain
Box - BMX company, have only recently entered MTB
Manitou - their new stuff is actually really good (dorado, Mattoc)
surly - they just did some major restructuring of their lineup (dropped a lot of models, esp fat bikes) but their prices are good. If i were to get a fat bike it'd probably be a surly. steel is real.
Is FSA really that big on the road side of things? My road bike is all K-force, but it's also 10 years old, seems like you never see anything but Shimano groupsets with either 3T, Enve, or bike company house brand cockpits. May just be the local dentist's preference though.
I don't doubt Manitou makes a good fork, but who buys them? How did they survive the decade between the Sherman and the Matoc?
I don't doubt Manitou makes a good fork, but who buys them? How did they survive the decade between the Sherman and the Matoc?
I think FSA still has a decent OEM presence on low to mid range road bikes. I think their electronic drivetrain is a big push to build more market share in the high end.
Manitou... who knows. but they'd probably be dead if they hadn't been acquired by HBG.
Mérida and many other small european brands use FSA kits in their XC bikes. The bends in their riser bars are goddamn stupid though.
The WCS trail stuff is worthy IME, the stem is beefier in person than it looks on the site. WCS trail pedals, etc. Yeah, not a whole lot of stuff, but a few things.
After the linkage ripped out of the frame when I did the stadium jump at Northstar?
I think we reamed it out and put in some bigger bearings and somehow got ahold of another dogbone or two. They didn't really design the high-leverage parts for high-leverage.