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01-25-24, 06:46 PM
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Rohloff
Makers of the only bike part that your grandchildren will give to their grandchildren after lifetimes of daily use.
Makers of the only bike part that your grandchildren will give to their grandchildren after lifetimes of daily use.
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01-25-24, 06:49 PM
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Enve
Makers of overpriced, overhyped, heavy carbon stuff.
(I sure do like my 7.8 SES wheels, tho)
Makers of overpriced, overhyped, heavy carbon stuff.
(I sure do like my 7.8 SES wheels, tho)
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01-25-24, 06:51 PM
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Powertap.
Makers of the hub that blew the lid off Powermeters for the general public.
SRAM the company that bought Powertap, took the intellectual property and killed it.
Makers of the hub that blew the lid off Powermeters for the general public.
SRAM the company that bought Powertap, took the intellectual property and killed it.
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01-25-24, 06:54 PM
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Wippermann
Makers of Stainless Steel chains.
YBN
Makers of Titanium chains.
KCNC
Makers of Titanium shift/brake cables.
Makers of Stainless Steel chains.
YBN
Makers of Titanium chains.
KCNC
Makers of Titanium shift/brake cables.
01-25-24, 06:56 PM
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Sachs.
Another brand SRAM killed.
Another brand SRAM killed.
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01-25-24, 06:58 PM
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Torpado.
If memory serves: The bike with the longest wheelbase Sheldon Brown had ever ridden.
Edit: They are still in business! https://www.torpado.com/en/torpado-history/
If memory serves: The bike with the longest wheelbase Sheldon Brown had ever ridden.
Edit: They are still in business! https://www.torpado.com/en/torpado-history/
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01-25-24, 07:01 PM
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Nuvinci.
Makers of non-servicable friction boxes that as a secondary function may also propell a bicycle. --Actually great for e-bikes.
Makers of non-servicable friction boxes that as a secondary function may also propell a bicycle. --Actually great for e-bikes.
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01-25-24, 07:05 PM
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Gevenalle.
Assemblers of other manufacturers components into combination brake lever/shifters.
Awesome for people who just want stuff to work & don't have time or care to give concerning interoperability of components.
Assemblers of other manufacturers components into combination brake lever/shifters.
Awesome for people who just want stuff to work & don't have time or care to give concerning interoperability of components.
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01-25-24, 07:19 PM
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Norco...Also Sekai.
There is a story there. But, I don't remember enough details to be accurate. The gist is the ¥/$ value changed and the factory couldn't do both lines anymore. Norco won and we still have them to this day. The bike shop that had Sekai's built closed last year on account of the owner (a genuinely nice guy) wanted to retire.
There is a story there. But, I don't remember enough details to be accurate. The gist is the ¥/$ value changed and the factory couldn't do both lines anymore. Norco won and we still have them to this day. The bike shop that had Sekai's built closed last year on account of the owner (a genuinely nice guy) wanted to retire.
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01-25-24, 09:03 PM
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Sr Member on Sr bikes
01-25-24, 09:51 PM
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White Industries.
Paul Components.
Chris King.
I9.
We Are One.
Stan's.
Compass/Rene Herse.
Lightning.
Hope.
Did I win?
Paul Components.
Chris King.
I9.
We Are One.
Stan's.
Compass/Rene Herse.
Lightning.
Hope.
Did I win?
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01-25-24, 10:00 PM
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01-25-24, 10:09 PM
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I think Chris King would take issue with being called “obscure.”.
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Bullseye/Roger Durham
Hi-E
Rixe
Weyless
Manufacturers of munitions and bikes: Browning, BSA ("Birmingham Small Arms"), Iver Johnson, J. C. Higgins, Manufrance ("Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles"), Mossberg (made in my home town of New Haven, CT), Royal Enfield
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By the way - contra an assertion offered earlier in this thread that Rohloff hubs will inevitably last for generations of use, a search for "Rohloff failure" produces a surprising number of results. But there's no reason to doubt that the average Rohloff hub is likely to last as long as, or longer than, almost any similarly complicated bicycle component.
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Manufacturers of munitions and bikes: Browning, BSA ("Birmingham Small Arms"), Iver Johnson, J. C. Higgins, Manufrance ("Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles"), Mossberg (made in my home town of New Haven, CT), Royal Enfield
Scott-Mathauser
By the way - contra an assertion offered earlier in this thread that Rohloff hubs will inevitably last for generations of use, a search for "Rohloff failure" produces a surprising number of results. But there's no reason to doubt that the average Rohloff hub is likely to last as long as, or longer than, almost any similarly complicated bicycle component.
01-26-24, 08:08 AM
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By the way - contra an assertion offered earlier in this thread that Rohloff hubs will inevitably last for generations of use, a search for "Rohloff failure" produces a surprising number of results. But there's no reason to doubt that the average Rohloff hub is likely to last as long as, or longer than, almost any similarly complicated bicycle component.
I rebuild gearboxes for a living. I don't see the Rohloff as anything particularly complicated. But that's just me.
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01-26-24, 10:38 AM
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Modolo. I thought a set of black Speedys would really dress my bike up.
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01-26-24, 11:01 AM
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Blackburn, and Roto.