yuley95
soft-arse Yuley is on the lifts again
The end of an era
Signa Sports with Liquidity issues .... (CRC/Wiggle/Probike/Nukeproof/Vitus)
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ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
Oh well, that's two of my most used browser bookmarks deleted.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
End of a second era. First was true crc, this is just the private equity collapse.The end of an era
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Agree, the end was the Wiggle takeover.
Codes dried up, sneaky vouchers buried you freshly delivered package stopped, website changed for the worse, geoblocking kicked in, wheel builds stopped then free ship threshold jumped.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
My rear wheel arrived some time recently...but not at my house. A neighbour found it in their garden this morning.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
In fairness, that's a manufacturer-imposed Thing, not a retailer decision. Mavic started it, others followed.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
That was 2 yrs after the sale.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
And now mavic has given up on it, but it still exists. I can buy mavic wheels on international sites, but not usually shimano... I do wonder how much of this is distributor pressure vs attempted profit grabs.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Profit focused and distributor driven...why not both?
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
So this is it? The end of an icon that has put a lot of us way better spec than we otherwise would have been able to afford or justify. I have built so many custom bikes with gear from CRC I'm not even sure I could list them all! Here it is, my last parcel from CRC. I'm not ready to open it yet. But when I do I think it will be done like the box opening ceremonies of old! Before I discovered that people did that shit in front of the camera...sigh.
So with CRC no longer sending to Oz, has anyone used offthebrakes.com.au for Nukeproof products?
rowdyflat
chez le médecin
I hope this is another lesson for private equity arseholes.
CRC were excellent.
PE marched in and took over our local hospital.
Labcanary
One potato, two potato, click
I hadn't, but I will now! The NP blackline pants are super comfy.
I asked CRC and wiggle to remove my account, seeing as they no longer ship internationally. Good riddance really, it was too hard to justify the stupidly high shipping cost, or to add enough to cart to make the free shipping threshold.
Jabubu
let you google that for me
I've used them before to buy a new Microspline freehub body for my Horizon v2 wheels - absolutely no complaints.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I opened this (and the small box that came with it containing all the small items) just before I left. I blasted my garage full of 2 songs while swinging my trusty cold steel folding knife...
And
I know there was some banter about this but holy shit, it was legit! Also some pretty substantial owings otherwise
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/harib...y-wiggle-after-it-entered-administration.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/harib...y-wiggle-after-it-entered-administration.html
oldcorollas
Levin the moment
20k pounds is a LOT of gummi bears!I know there was some banter about this but holy shit, it was legit! Also some pretty substantial owings otherwise
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/harib...y-wiggle-after-it-entered-administration.html
Axman and ideal bike make their bikes?
愛地雅工業
www.idealbike.com.tw
Extra UK distribute Pirelli tyres, swisstop, crankbrothers, jagwire, topeak lights
Extra UK
www.extrauk.co.uk
Madison distribute a bunch of other stuff
Madison.co.uk – The UK's largest cycle and action sports distributor
Award-winning UK distributor of Shimano, Pearl Izumi, Lazer, Park Tool, Thule and more.
www.madison.co.uk
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
£20,000 is around the average wage in the UK.
FFS, £90,000,000 loss in 2023 and still sticking gummies in orders. These idiots deserve to go under.
