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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/25/2026 9:02am
Their reaction to the covid boom may have been reactionary.. Orders started hitting the factories in Taiwan and if you didn't step up your orders, you were operating with a fear of not having bikes..
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bulletbass man Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/25/2026 9:00am
I mean it just came off as your typical fortune mag ceo jerk off interview. I will agree with and give props to trek’s investment in female athletes. Vali, Rachel, neff, Mosley. They have no issue funding around a female first and men second in mtb racing. for me reading the article explains a lot of how trek ended up in the shape it is today. But I agree burke doesn’t seem like a bad guy. But he is pretty full of himself and his views on things that ain’t got nothing to do with bikes. A couple of which...
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Fine Tune Cycles Liked a bike check Grave Digger Kona Process 153 G3
6/24/2026 3:22pm
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easton Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/24/2026 1:58pm
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/24/2026 12:25pm
@SRAM and Shimano engage in price fixing - You probably want to get involved here lol
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ballz Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/24/2026 12:25pm
Is this an 75% e-bike thread and forum now? Time to say 75% goodbye? Asking for a friend.
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Blake_Motley Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/24/2026 9:49am
For years people have been asking for MGUs from SRAM and Shimano and there has long been speculation that those brands didn’t get involved because they didn’t want to undermine their own market share of expensive, high wear components. In doing so they’ve left their flank wide open for a Chinese company to swallow up the drivetrain market while solving issues riders have complained about for decades. Horrific miscalculation from the drivetrain cartel.
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monarchmason Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/24/2026 9:49am
Im calling it. 15 years from now Santa Cruz will unveil their ultra light and strong innovative single pivot bike… But only after Specialize fails to patent it with the most complex reasoning as to why their 1 bolt surrounded by bearings is Special. All jokes aside, components are so good now days and frames are becoming heavier, Id heavily consider a well designed carbon single pivot bike for weight savings and just peace of mind simplicity. I know this is not a rumor but it aint my fault no one is innovating.
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/24/2026 9:47am
If you had said only Shimano I'd believe you. Sram's portfolio is different, with not nearly the same depth of entry level price points as Shimano.
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Buckets Up Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/24/2026 9:47am
I think the one advantage a US operations based bike company may have (for the longest time into the future) when compared to a Chinese company is accessible customer support. The number of warranty issues I’ve had with bike frames and suspension products has to be close to 50%. I’m currently working through a multi-frame warranty issue as we speak. I have no reason to believe that a Chinese based company is going to have exceptionally better quality than the current established brands. Thus, I would expect that with my luck a warranty claim is coming sooner than later. To...
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Blake_Motley Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/22/2026 7:55pm
I’d argue we’re exiting “Chinese clone” territory and entering regular “Chinese product” territory. Mountain biking is growing rapidly over there, soon there will be high level Chinese racers working with Chinese suspension and Chinese frames that they test at Chinese bike parks. As with the Avinox motors we’re getting to a point where the Chinese won’t need to copy western products. The writing is on the wall with BYD imo.
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/22/2026 11:03am
You'd be surprised. The Surrons around here are decked out in Fox factory, EXT, etc suspension, anodized MTB parts, TRP DHRs, etc. The overlap in customers is significant.
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mickey Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/22/2026 9:14am
Funn is fully vertically integrated(like Fratelli/aka Spank), they even own the brothel they entertain product managers at! Being an actual manufacturer gives a brand like Funn a lot more margin to work with.
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piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/21/2026 8:33am
I know it's not quite this simple, but it seems to me that for western brands to actually land counter punches against the incoming Chinese brands, they should adopt the pricing model that Funn uses. They're a "real" brand but their bars and stems are priced around $75, slightly below the industry standard of $100+. If i'm picking between a Chinese brand like ZTTO (I swear by their DT hub internals, freehub bodies, dropper levers) with a stem for $40 and a "real" brand like Funn at $75, I'm going with Funn. Aenomaly seems to have done this to an...
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Jotegr Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/19/2026 3:19pm Huh. AKA how to improve shifting performance at the cost of transferring leveraged impact forces directly into your $5,000 carbon frame. I see that's something they address but I don't see how it wouldn't increase risk to some extent.
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/19/2026 3:13pm
Love that Shimano is making their own Transmission-style derailleur mount. I look forward to standing on someone's Saint derailleur in the near future. If anyone can get their hands on Dak, Ethan, or Benoit's Scott, please stand on their new Saint derailleur for me and let me know what you think. Devil's advocate: I haven't noticed any excess chainslap or noise with the new XTR Di2 derailleur on my mid-travel bike (admittedly I haven't tried it yet on my long travel smasher), and most people who do find the new XTR derailleur too loud seem to find that the shorter...
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/18/2026 10:58am
Is this supposed ban only for XC and gravel, or DH and enduro as well? DH rules for a long time have basically been that you need two wheels (and maybe brakes?), and that what makes it so cool. Road bike development has been stifled for decades because of the UCI, and I'd hate to see that mentality of prescriptive design come into DH. AON et al are some of the coolest setups, and limiting wheel size would be a step towards travel limits, weight limits, or geometry prescription like road bikes are.
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jorvay Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/18/2026 9:18am
Hey, let's stay on topic here. This is the UCI 32" rule debate thread. Seriously though, that aluminum hydroforming and construction work looks really clean. It's really hard to tell where the carbon models end and the aluminum ones begin in the website photos.
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/16/2026 2:22pm
You're probably right. But with e-bikes dominating the market anything over 11 speed is pointless. X0 11 spd cassette with GX derailleur (Hall locked, of course) would be the ultimate low weight, high durability drivetrain for our electronic future. I'm pretty sure they've killed off this cassette, so just wishful thinking.
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DServy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/16/2026 6:29am
Oh man, you got me. Guess I should take an icepack to my lever to get functioning again.
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