Comments on: Madison To Distribute DT Swiss Suspension http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PJM1974 http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/#comment-7618 PJM1974 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:22:41 +0000 http://singletrackworld.com/?p=6383#comment-7618 I couldn't abide the ludicrous prices. I had a pair of RC40 forks which weren't the most reliable (back to Pace twice) not quite as stiff as claimed but the damping was excellent. They cost £439. To see the same forks (albeit with an air spring) on sale for over £800 makes me want to avoid anything DT Swiss where better priced alternatives can be sourced. Sorry, but that's just the way it is. I couldn’t abide the ludicrous prices.

I had a pair of RC40 forks which weren’t the most reliable (back to Pace twice) not quite as stiff as claimed but the damping was excellent.

They cost £439.

To see the same forks (albeit with an air spring) on sale for over £800 makes me want to avoid anything DT Swiss where better priced alternatives can be sourced.

Sorry, but that’s just the way it is.

]]> By: Mister P http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/#comment-7184 Mister P Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:43:39 +0000 http://singletrackworld.com/?p=6383#comment-7184 Wheels = Madison Wheels = Madison

]]> By: Dirtynap http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/#comment-7183 Dirtynap Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:23:44 +0000 http://singletrackworld.com/?p=6383#comment-7183 Ya DT just bought the rights to all paces carbon fork designs. Part of deal meant pace would be the importer for DT swiss products. Who is the wheel importer now? Ya DT just bought the rights to all paces carbon fork designs. Part of deal meant pace would be the importer for DT swiss products.

Who is the wheel importer now?

]]> By: andyspaceman http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/#comment-7181 andyspaceman Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:53:07 +0000 http://singletrackworld.com/?p=6383#comment-7181 I noticed the veiled swipe, and also a slightly-less veiled one in the opposite direction from Adrian Carter on the article about Pace ceasing distribution. Sounds like all was not gravy, but if my experience of Pace's customer service on faulty forks in the pre-DT Swiss days was anything to go by, I can see why. Great product design, poor manufacturing tolerances (pre-DT Swiss!), fairly good customer communications, but never a proper fix or resolution following 3 x returns to the factory. Result = a slightly-used pair of £450 Pace forks sat unrideable for 4 years in the shed. Pace never were owned by DT Swiss as far as I'm aware. DT Swiss bought the Pace 'suspension division' I think, which effectively meant the fork designs, the exclusive rights to produce them and presumably some kind of 'knowledge transfer' process. Am sure Madison will do a good job. They've been distributing and supporting the DT Swiss rear shocks for years, they have big buying-power, the product reliability has reportedly improved and there's these less expensive new Magnesium-legged models on the way which will really help with market pentration. I noticed the veiled swipe, and also a slightly-less veiled one in the opposite direction from Adrian Carter on the article about Pace ceasing distribution. Sounds like all was not gravy, but if my experience of Pace’s customer service on faulty forks in the pre-DT Swiss days was anything to go by, I can see why. Great product design, poor manufacturing tolerances (pre-DT Swiss!), fairly good customer communications, but never a proper fix or resolution following 3 x returns to the factory. Result = a slightly-used pair of £450 Pace forks sat unrideable for 4 years in the shed.

Pace never were owned by DT Swiss as far as I’m aware. DT Swiss bought the Pace ‘suspension division’ I think, which effectively meant the fork designs, the exclusive rights to produce them and presumably some kind of ‘knowledge transfer’ process.

Am sure Madison will do a good job. They’ve been distributing and supporting the DT Swiss rear shocks for years, they have big buying-power, the product reliability has reportedly improved and there’s these less expensive new Magnesium-legged models on the way which will really help with market pentration.

]]> By: ComradeD http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/#comment-7178 ComradeD Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:01:11 +0000 http://singletrackworld.com/?p=6383#comment-7178 Are Pace still owned by DT Swiss after this? Are Pace still owned by DT Swiss after this?

]]> By: chrispalmr http://singletrackworld.com/2010/01/madison-to-distribute-dt-swiss-suspension/#comment-7177 chrispalmr Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:55:11 +0000 http://singletrackworld.com/?p=6383#comment-7177 Not looking for drama unnecessarily, but does anyone else read a veiled swipe at Pace in Herr Boeckmann's last sentence? "...I am sure that a highly professional company like Madison will make our new class leading products a great success in the UK marketplace”. Not looking for drama unnecessarily, but does anyone else read a veiled swipe at Pace in Herr Boeckmann’s last sentence?

“…I am sure that a highly professional company like Madison will make our new class leading products a great success in the UK marketplace”.

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