View Poll Results: Do You Like the Trend Towards In-House Components at the Expense of Choice?
I love in-house brands parts and the related innovation... keep it coming!
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7.50%
I hate in-house brand parts and avoid bikes that use non-standard components. I like choice!
23
57.50%
Doesn't matter to me one way or the other... both are OK with me. Now shut-up and ride!
14
35.00%
Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll
OEM Integration - Love It or Hate It?
05-25-20, 02:42 PM
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If majority of costly things keep going the "toss it out after it's broke", it'll eventually become a low demand due to a lack of affordability. I like a fair amount of the new vehicles, but the proprietary aspect is one of the major reasons why I'll buy private party older vehicles. The selection of private party vehicles has been rapidly getting slim pickens...
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05-25-20, 03:02 PM
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If majority of costly things keep going the "toss it out after it's broke", it'll eventually become a low demand due to a lack of affordability. I like a fair amount of the new vehicles, but the proprietary aspect is one of the major reasons why I'll buy private party older vehicles. The selection of private party vehicles has been rapidly getting slim pickens...
05-25-20, 03:03 PM
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To me. the sweet era in the history of bicycles was the '80s. The Japanese ruled. And one of the big reasons for that was that they created a set of standards that basically everybody had to follow if they wanted to sell bikes. Thread standards. BBs. Chainrng bolt circles. Tube diameters. For about 10 years you could pick up a bike frame, Japanese, American, English (and eventually even French) and simply swap parts over fron your current bike. Everything. OK, maybe not the seatpost, I often spent no more on parts to make "this frame" work as I did on new cable housings, bar tape etc.
My fix gear commuter went from Japanese built Schwinn to Sekine to Miyata to Trek with almost no change of parts (other than wear and tear). The builds happened in an evening.
My fix gear commuter went from Japanese built Schwinn to Sekine to Miyata to Trek with almost no change of parts (other than wear and tear). The builds happened in an evening.
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05-26-20, 07:28 AM
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I don't hate in house brands for standards based things, rims, stems, handlebars etc.. but will avoid proprietary things like the Giant Conduct braking system which took some really nice bikes off the table for me,
05-26-20, 08:03 AM
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The governing factor in choosing the bike I just bought was that it's equipped with a complete Shimano 105 groupset, no substitutions. That should hint as to how I voted. 
