Chinese Carbon MTB > 29er
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Sitar_Ned:
--- Quote from: Carbon_Dude on April 15, 2014, 06:44:19 AM ---If I owned a bike shop you better believe I'd have a Chinese Carbon HT and FS bike on the sales floor with my company name on the frame. I"d offer a decent warranty and of course free tune-ups. However, I would bet the big name brands would not be happy seeing their product compete against an IP-057 & Ip-036 and would want to pull their brand out of the dealership.
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Agree 100%.. I gotta think that I'd even go so far as to say that I wouldn't pull out the house brand carbon bikes even if the big names decided to do so. The trend will inevitably continue. People forget that we are just starting to see the effects of a fully connected, digital world and we aren't going backwards anytime soon. In fact, it will increase exponentially.
To be clear.. I am not saying that I am at all happy about the trend. If I had my choice, I'd much rather buy a US made carbon frame from a small time local fabricator for $500 - But the economics just aren't there to make such a thing possible, and the burden simply cannot be placed on the consumer to buy American when the price disparity is so significant. Simply doesn't work that way.. Never has.
Izzy:
I gotta agree with most of the above sentiment. The global economy is upon us, like it or not.
Whoever's idea it was to start this forum hit the nail on the head. Great idea, and I'll be hanging around to see how it progresses. Also, the name cracks me up! Good luck!
Carbon_Dude:
--- Quote from: Izzy on April 16, 2014, 10:49:33 PM ---Whoever's idea it was to start this forum hit the nail on the head. Great idea, and I'll be hanging around to see how it progresses. Also, the name cracks me up! Good luck!
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That would be Sitar_Ned, I'm just an invited guest :). I agree, he's doing a great job with the website.
Sitar_Ned:
Thanks CD, I appreciate that.. but I'd say it's pretty much 50/50 at this point.
The whole reason I even had the idea to start this forum was due to one of your posts on mtbr.. Someone had posted suggesting that the Chinese carbon 29er thread needed to be organized into separate threads.. I think you replied back saying something along the lines of "If I had mod status, then I would"..
I only gave you the mod status and added a bit of online marketing experience to the mix. A forum is nothing without knowledgeable and helpful members that have a passion for the topic at hand, and that you are.
Thanks for hanging around and contributing CD.. hopefully we can build something cool here :)
Carbon_Dude:
SN, thanks and your welcome. I am not crazy about the free-for-all that is on MTBR, people post all kinds of questions in the wrong forums, I've yet to see a topic moved over there. Seems the only thing the people that run MTBR care about is advertising. I'm sure that website takes in lots of advertising revenue.
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