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it's also possible to get something made just the way you want it and a mm perfect fit as long as you know what you want - which is a different and better proposition to yet another disposable toxic jellymould plopped out and shipped from the other end of the planet...
Custom far eastern Ti is also a thing.
Are Starling a still a British brand after this week's news? Sounds like more of their product now comes from overseas than anywhere else.
Not anymore, Ratio, in the lakes, are working on one (if not released already)
Somebody has been working on rear mechs for the thirty odd years I've been using Shimano or SRAM. I've been holding my breath for so long...
Aaand Breathe
That looks good, and the Ratio parts I've bought have all been really good quality
They're in the same strange space as Madone though - asking £350 for a cable mech from a relatively unknown brand, when SRAM stuff is cheaper, lighter and as fas as the transmission stuff goes - all the spares are available too. Not sure what their USP is now
This whole thread is about the USP of being British, though we've not really come to any agreement on what that actually means.
How many of these bikes are actually made in the UK? I imagine there are very few components on any of them that weren't brought in from overseas..(ie Saracen, Cotic, Deviate all make frames overseas)
Cotic full suss frames are made in Scotland, Solaris in Czechia, Cascade in Portugal now, the BFE and Escapade are still made in Taiwan I think.
They're in the same strange space as Madone though - asking £350 for a cable mech from a relatively unknown brand, when SRAM stuff is cheaper, lighter and as fas as the transmission stuff goes - all the spares are available too. Not sure what their USP is now
Most reviews on AXS/Di2 are always full of comments saying we aren't going to have high end cable mechs ....
This whole thread is about the USP of being British, though we've not really come to any agreement on what that actually means.
OP clearly meant UK-owned brands, and that's what we've all been talking about.
Where the frames are manufactured is a nuance to this, which has also been explored in detail.
Cotic full suss frames are made in Scotland, Solaris in Czechia, Cascade in Portugal now, the BFE and Escapade are still made in Taiwan I think.
Rocket Ebike is the one current frame completely made in the UK. Swingarm, rocker and fittings in England. Front triangle, motor cage and seat stays in Scotland.
Full sus frames, the front is made in Scotland, the rear in Taiwan.
There were Escapades fully made in the UK as well (all sold for now).