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Do you guys get crap from friends for building a chiner?

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Beaumont88:
I did at first, it was the usual ...oh it will explode on the first ride...cheap chinese rubbish...youve been cheap....should of got a name brand...etc etc ...till id done the same rides as them (including hellvellyn uk) on there expensive name brand bike and it handled it fine, i love my ican p9

1Sigma:
To my surprise (based on the amount of unsubstantiated shade thrown at Chinese parts) I’ve only had compliments

tripleDot:
I got a couple of groups.

One group doesn't give a hoot what brand or make my bikes are. They are more focused on the kind of rides I do. They do, however, praise my cf or titanium bike for the material's reputation.

The other group is composed of guys who are more financially successful. They don't give me crap for having Chinese bikes (custom titanium) as they've seen mine were thoughfully done... or because I still out-climb/paced most of them on their branded gravel bikes with my Chinese mtb. They just don't talk much about my bikes most of the time. It's always some guy's Ritchey, Ibis, Niner, Cannondale, Surly or other big brand names. Sort of a snub, if you must. But often times, they have some topics up (on FB & Messenger groups) about new features on new branded bikes and I just drop a pic of my 4 year old bike that already have those features.

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