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Digit Bikes Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/12/2025 9:49am I think if there's ever a chance for standards to emerge it would be now because Yamaha, supplier to Giant, recently acquired Brose, supplier to Specialized and Sram. If Sram remains in that coalition I imaging them remaining in the e-market , I'd imagine them being the standard bearer with Specialized and Giant getting to take liberties "advance the standard"...
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dwhere Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/11/2025 10:43am
You ever heard of froggy style? It’s kinda like that.
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Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/11/2025 10:43am
And here I thought it meant cutting corners
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brash Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/9/2025 12:33pm
Best way to be a millionaire in the bike industry is to start as a billionaire
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Digit Bikes Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/3/2025 3:03pm It's quite surprising how prolific 3D printed Ti seems* to be, given as it initially seemed to be a marketing program for Renishaw. I was an early user of CFD on aero bikes, similarly that was in large part a marketing angle for CFD providers so they could write more engaging trade publications. * I have never seen 3D printed...
mickey Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/3/2025 8:11am
You guys know that the Chris Currie designed custom ti made to order full suspension bikes with all the 3d printed parts that Josh Ogle and Firefly are building now are $30,000, right? Firefly ships a few custom road bikes every month that easily cost $15-20,000. My friends at Ritte also sell a few $15k custom ti road bikes with custom 3d printed parts and nice finishines every month, too. Specialized is way behind the curve when it comes to making expensive bikes these days, imo. (No sarcasm here friends… but when only the rich are getting richer, Veblen Goods...
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/2/2025 10:03pm
Dammit, Tim... Thanks for starting this mess.. 😆 But. The Venge did come with custom matching shoes and helmet.. A second set wheels also, IIRC...
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Digit Bikes Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/2/2025 8:57pm Shoes and a hat! Bargain! In my defense, the bike was also available at (much) more affordable spec levels, even the tour team didn’t get such fancy spec.
Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/2/2025 6:50pm
The 20k bike is brilliant- if they sell at full pop you make a huge margin. If they don’t sell and you mark them 50% off you still make decent margins. Also- we’re all talking about it.
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Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/2/2025 6:26pm
There you have it people, the current pricing trend is Tim's fault for designing the 10k Felt road bike back in the late 00's.
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Digit Bikes Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/7/2025 1:40pm There was a bit of a pricing arms race going on there. IIRC a road bike I designed at Felt (2010 AR0) was the first (non-boutique, non-Italian) production bike to break $10k. Specialized responded the next year with the McLaren at $15k. It always surprised me that road bikes were more expensive than suspension MTBs, they don't have any pivots...
TimBud Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/31/2025 8:59am
Time for a TMD thread now please. But here’s some actual gossip: apparently there’s a new TLD helmet on the way (think Fox Dropframe). Surprised no one’s been caught riding it yet
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anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/29/2025 11:51am
Spotted over on Pinkbike -- Ronan Dunne running his tuned mass damper in a novel location. (More like a tuned ass damper, am I right? Sorry, I'll see myself out.)
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Dirtyburger Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/27/2025 10:53am
So much… it’s just too… ÜBER cringe. It must kind of fun to try and write the cringiest nonsense-copy though: “Thank God some kids stayed in science club, because while you were cutting school, they were learning how to manipulate the laws of physics. Some of those kids grew up to be members of Specialized Science Club and helped make the Vado SL 2 an unprecedented combination of power, speed, and light weight.” Gross. Now I want a Rivendell.
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Digit Bikes Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/27/2025 9:46am Mountain-LX was an Exage group. Exage was basically what Cues is now - right in the middle of the barbell!
jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/27/2025 9:28am
more like lewis doing 5dev things
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/27/2025 9:03am
The value gap was too narrow between Deore and XT. Deore did everything SLX did at a lower cost, and XT spec kept getting pushed down because the name (and product of course) holds a ton of value for customers.
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/27/2025 9:03am
I can't help but wonder if getting ride of SLX was based on SKU reduction or if the production costs were too close to XT to justify having both....
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Digit Bikes Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/27/2025 8:59am Shimano got rid of a component level because there was too much similarity between the groups, many parts basically just had different paint and pricing. Arguably having too many groups can result in there being too many bike models, which gets the bike industry in trouble. Once a physical component set was eliminated, the decision on which name to retain...
Digit Bikes Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/22/2025 10:58am I've received emails from most component suppliers that they've raised prices 10-15%. Others who didn't send notices seem to have raised prices quietly. New product launches and updates are often price increases in disguise. The owner of Revel bikes was on national radio a few days ago saying that they'll show tariffs as line item at checkout, kinda like sales...