Favorite bicycle manufacturer ?

overcoil · 11-01-2015, 07:06 PM

What's your favorite bicycle manufacturer?
Need a bike and wanted ideas. Road, mountain don't care.

Mine is AustroDaimler, sadly no longer made.

///M Power-Belgium · 11-01-2015, 07:18 PM

Colnago .

kprocivic · 11-01-2015, 07:27 PM

I love me some giant mountain bikes.

protecon · 11-01-2015, 08:11 PM

Norco!

Or anything invented on the North Shore.

PoorLurker · 11-01-2015, 08:16 PM

No complaints with Intense, Santa Cruz, or Specialized (951, Nomad, and Enduro)

4130 · 11-01-2015, 08:17 PM

Brooklyn Machine Works for sure.

1MOREMOD · 11-01-2015, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by protecon

Norco!

Or anything invented on the North Shore.

Plus it had narcotics named after it.

///mawana · 11-01-2015, 09:06 PM

Salsa.

Haywood · 11-01-2015, 09:57 PM

Bianci and Univega. I love Italian bicycles.

mc-m3 · 11-01-2015, 11:04 PM

Landshark
This is an older steel bike. He only makes carbon frames now. Couldn't find a pic of my carbon road bike.

mkoesel · 11-03-2015, 11:38 PM

Felt

RABAUKE · 11-04-2015, 06:53 AM

Last time I was in the showroom, I saw BMW bikes, I'm not a bike nut though. I ride a Norco Yorkville hybrid which is ok but the BMW bikes looked decent for what they are.

overcoil · 11-04-2015, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RABAUKE

Last time I was in the showroom, I saw BMW bikes, I'm not a bike nut though. I ride a Norco Yorkville hybrid which is ok but the BMW bikes looked decent for what they are.

The BMW bikes were cool, I'm under the impression that car manufacturer bikes are priced at a premium, but not really knowledgeable enough about components to know.

Sidewinderpb · 12-11-2015, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ///mawana

Salsa.

Salsa is awesome. Had a hardtail and a road bike.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoorLurker

No complaints with Intense, Santa Cruz, or Specialized (951, Nomad, and Enduro)

Oh hai. We share a similar taste.

Santa Cruz Blur LT
Intense 5 Point
Specialized Stumpjumper FRS Carbon 29er

Some of our bikes:

And yes, the blue one is an Ibis 29er

oneup335 · 12-11-2015, 11:39 AM

Road bikes I would get Giant or Trek, for mtn bike depends if you're looking for a hard tail or full suspension or even downhill.

E30toF30 · 12-11-2015, 11:48 AM

I'm a big fan of Giant for road bike. I find that they offer much better value than specialized or cannondale bikes with the same specs. Not to mention, the propel is one badass looking bike!!

Fabspeed Motorsport · 12-29-2015, 10:06 AM

A few of the guys here regularly go out mountain biking. One of the marketing guys is about to build a carbon or titanium fatty, probably through Carver.

The current shop fav is a very simple, but very heavy Gravity fat bike.

Adrian g. · 12-29-2015, 10:42 AM

cervelo

strokeZ · 12-29-2015, 10:54 AM

Pivot, Santa Cruz, Intense, Ibis, Norco and Rocky Mountain my fav's.

ClawHammer · 12-29-2015, 11:58 AM

Always used Specialized for mountain biking. Guy I used to work for bought his own bike company to supply bikes for his cycling team! It was called BMC. Not sure if they're any good as never been into road bikes but the ones I saw did look nice.

CH.

Mandi90TT · 12-29-2015, 12:24 PM

Very happy with my Ridely Orion road bike. Cannondale and Bianchi have also served me well on the road/tri, but Ridely has been my favorite.

For MTBs, I don't really care much what the brand is, as I mostly just use my MTB 29er for fun and an extra way to gets some riding in.

tuned2ride · 01-01-2016, 11:30 AM

I owned a Peugeot street bike for 35 years. Replaced with a Giant TCX 2 2012 cyclocross.

As with cars, I am not faithful to manufacturers.

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protecon *May contain nuts 195 Rep 286 Posts Drives: 2010 X5M MCB Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Downunder iTrader: (1)	Norco! Or anything invented on the North Shore.
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PoorLurker Custom User Title 1139 Rep 675 Posts Drives: a bicycle Join Date: May 2015 Location: Orange County, CA iTrader: (0)	No complaints with Intense, Santa Cruz, or Specialized (951, Nomad, and Enduro)
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mc-m3 Private First Class 244 Rep 106 Posts Drives: 2006 X3, 2015 Panamera Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	Landshark This is an older steel bike. He only makes carbon frames now. Couldn't find a pic of my carbon road bike. Attached Images
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RABAUKE Banned 4637 Rep 1,395 Posts Drives: Porsche 993, 2014 MB GLK Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: The Golden Horseshoe, Ontario iTrader: (0)	Last time I was in the showroom, I saw BMW bikes, I'm not a bike nut though. I ride a Norco Yorkville hybrid which is ok but the BMW bikes looked decent for what they are.
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oneup335 Lieutenant 114 Rep 422 Posts Drives: Stock Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Socal iTrader: (1)	Road bikes I would get Giant or Trek, for mtn bike depends if you're looking for a hard tail or full suspension or even downhill.
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E30toF30 Captain 123 Rep 748 Posts Drives: 2016 528i Executive Edition Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Vancouver iTrader: (1) Garage List 2002 BMW M3 [0.00] 2014 BMW X5 35d [0.00] 2016 BMW 528i xDrive [0.00]	I'm a big fan of Giant for road bike. I find that they offer much better value than specialized or cannondale bikes with the same specs. Not to mention, the propel is one badass looking bike!!
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strokeZ Private First Class 10 Rep 165 Posts Drives: '11 e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Pivot, Santa Cruz, Intense, Ibis, Norco and Rocky Mountain my fav's. __________________ '74 Tii / LSD / 5 speed '11 e92 M3 6MT / Meisterschaft GTC '14 Cayman S
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ClawHammer Lieutenant 251 Rep 407 Posts Drives: M4 Convertible SS/SS Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Liverpool, UK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2015 Range Rover Ev ... [0.00] 2016 BMW [0.00]	Always used Specialized for mountain biking. Guy I used to work for bought his own bike company to supply bikes for his cycling team! It was called BMC. Not sure if they're any good as never been into road bikes but the ones I saw did look nice. CH.
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Mandi90TT Colonel 2711 Rep 2,373 Posts Drives: BSM 6MT M4 F82 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Colorado Springs iTrader: (0)	Very happy with my Ridely Orion road bike. Cannondale and Bianchi have also served me well on the road/tri, but Ridely has been my favorite. For MTBs, I don't really care much what the brand is, as I mostly just use my MTB 29er for fun and an extra way to gets some riding in. __________________ 2015 Black Sapphire Metallic 6MT M4
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tuned2ride Lieutenant 36 Rep 430 Posts Drives: E90, S5 SB, looking for a M340 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hell iTrader: (0)	I owned a Peugeot street bike for 35 years. Replaced with a Giant TCX 2 2012 cyclocross. As with cars, I am not faithful to manufacturers.
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