Newly Released Bikes General

[Cardy George]

I don't know too much about the process that big business bike companies go through, but I'd imagine they place an order at giantmerida hq and the whole thing is assembled at the mega factory and sent to trek storage in a box ready to go. Maybe a QR inspection of a sample at the mega factory. I may be wrong.

Pretty much nailed it

2018

1997

There's a Pinkbike(?) article on the ins and outs of having a carbon bike built for sale

 

[pink poodle]

"Assembled" indicates I was not correct about it all being done at the factory. But that is better than the loose application of built from a long while back with the NAFTA flouting.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Companies seem to go the round about way saying 'Assembled in the USA' or 'Designed in the USA' but no one shouts from the rooftops saying 'Made in China'. That sticker is usually pretty discrete.

No one really wants to know that they spent a bomb on a bike from the world's capital of cheap labour even it is exactly what happens.

 

[pink poodle]

Some Taiwanese made frames are almost impossible to ID the country of manufacture on.

I'm not even sure the perceived "made in America" prestige exists anymore, most of the main players of that line aren't American made anymore.

 

[moorey]

Companies seem to go the round about way saying 'Assembled in the USA' or 'Designed in the USA' but no one shouts from the rooftops saying 'Made in China'. That sticker is usually pretty discrete.

No one really wants to know that they spent a bomb on a bike from the world's capital of cheap labour even it is exactly what happens.

I’d trust Taiwanese work over American any day.

 

[downunderdallas]

Not sure Taiwanese or even Chinese labour is that cheap in global terms any more. Polygon bikes made in Indonesia I would think should have a cheaper labour force. My 1994 DiamondBack has a designed in USA and made in Taiwan stickers that are about the same size FWIW.

 

[leitch]

I’d trust Taiwanese work over American any day.

Fuckin’ ay. Like many others I had an Intense back in the day welded by someone who was either drunk or at least severely hungover it was so misaligned. Turned left real good.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Taiwanese quality is good but as they are a capitialist democracy then they have the same point of view to find a cheaper source of labour and resources. Extra handy if you also speak the same language too.

The higher end stuff is made there but they have also farmed off stuff to China. If layering CF takes longer than welding then makes sense to get it done in a cheaper per hour place.

 

[Mr Crudley]

I’d trust Taiwanese work over American any day.

Frank welder FTW on Monday morning but not on Friday afternoon

 

[moorey]

Frank welder FTW on Monday morning but not on Friday afternoon

I can’t afford anything frank has touched

 

[Mr Crudley]

I can’t afford anything frank has touched

Sigh..... Frank never said he was cheap

 

[moorey]

Sigh..... Frank never said he was cheap

FTW.

 

[beeb]

Privateer 141 - VitalMTB

Potential candidate for @Ultra Lord ?

 

[oliosky]

Privateer 141 - VitalMTB

Potential candidate for @Ultra Lord ?

I'm really into that

 

[droenn]

Aren't they meant to be a bargain though?

 

[Ultra Lord]

https://m.pinkbike.com/news/first-ride-privateer-141.html

 

[PJO]

Great looking bike!
~$2900 delivered for a frame, DPX2 shock, headset, axle, and seat clamp.
Sounds reasonable

 

[moorey]

Great looking bike!
~$2900 delivered for a frame, DPX2 shock, headset, axle, and seat clamp.
Sounds reasonable

The spec on the 161 is fantastic. Better than on most $12k Uber bikes. Would absolutely buy one if in the market.

 

[mike14]

Pretty long wheelbase and CS for intended/expected use? Would be interesting to throw a leg over and see how it feel son the trail.
Seems that it could be another possibility for the 'one bike to rule them all' category

 

[Flow-Rider]

Rock catcher design fail.