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Hope hubs, brakes, headsets & BB's.
Spesh gloves
Endura or Altura clothing.
Shimano drivetrain.
My next bike will probably be another Orange.
Shimano gears off road and I like their brakes too
Specialised gloves and shoes
Anything else I have no real brand loyalty
My local bike shops too.
Yeah, Shimano rarely let me down, but I'm not a fan of loose bearing hubs - brakes, gears and cranks though have all been great so I stick to them. I've always had great performance and after-sales from Fox and after sales from Mojo so equally I use them a lot - I had a beautiful set of Marz 888 WC RC3 Ti but I never got them working well and they got a grand in 2008!
I like Cove too, they don't make much sense 'on paper' they're rarely revolutionary in terms of geometry, they're usually heavier than average and cost as much as most other boutique brands, but they don't hold their money very well and they're hard to sell on when you fancy a change - but they're so much fun to ride, maybe not ruthlessly fast, but lots of fun (and I like juvenile names)
Oh, and Maxxis tyres, not found anything that works as well or as reliable over the years
Shimano gears, I have an irrational hatred of SRAM. And the Surly Karate Monkey, I'll never be without mine now, its perfect!
Having ripped the a*se out of 2 pairs of endura shorts now, I'm not buying them again!
Plus 1 for park and camelbak, never owned another brand of hydration pack, it's so engrained I don't even think about it!
Rockshox forks have always served me well as have dt hubs. Much prefer Shimano groupsets to sram and steer clear of endura as all the shorts I've had have collapsed at the seams after 6 months or so. Haglofs do great gore tex jackets and shorts so tend to look for these in the sale!
I've got a certain amount of loyalty to Mavic when it comes to wheelsets.
The Ksyrium Elite and Crossmax SX wheels are just the perfect mix of weight, strength and stiffness (for me) - and they seem to last really well.
Can't afford them for every bike, but I would if I could.
Charge/Fabric saddles.
Maxxis tyres.
Spank stuff but only because it's nice.
Maldon Salt and Burton bindings
edit oh and DT hubs
Hope hubs and brakes, Shimano Gears.
Lamy for pens, Moleskine for notebooks.
Volvo for cars.
The loyalty for Specialized gloves and shoes is new to me...I have to say I agree, but had never really thought about how good they are until the loyalists posted.
I like my Spesh shoes too. When the time comes I'll get more. Shimano hack me off with their small sizing.
Cotic, hope hubs, Thomson stem/post, charge/fabric, schwalbe,cking headset, magura brakes, sombrio, raceface, sidi - that mostly covers it!
Whole Earth Crunchy peanut butter, Shimano bike shoes & eggbeater pedals
Spesh for bikes, just fit and feel right.
SRAM for mechs and shifters, love XO.
Endura for clothing,gloves and glasses; good fit for me and good quality.
Maxxis or Spesh for tyres, tubeless on mtb and blackbelt2 for road.
Mavic wheels,best UST system going.
Lezyne pumps/multi tools, feel nice to use.
Osprey for packs, quality.
Shimano for cranks, mtb shoes,spds.
Spesh for road shoes.
Exposure for lights, expensive but quality.
Zipplex sea rods, Sage fly rods, Shimano/Daiwa reels.
Size 8 blondes.
Shimano groupsets & pedals (road / cross / mtb)
Genesis bikes (currently have 4 of them)
Kask helmets - pretty much the only ones that fit me
Tifosi eyewear - 8 or 9 pairs at last count (I may have a problem)
Shimano drivetrain,shoes&pedals.
Hope hubs, hsets,brakes&bb's &a stem.
Thomson seat posts &stems.
Camelbaks .
Gore bike wear,especially bibs,Endura & giro helmets.
Shimano Pedals.
Thomson Stems (and non reverb) seat posts.
Think thats pretty much it.
Shimano gears and shifters (etc.)
Sram chains
Sram cassettes
Conti tubes. won't use anything else.
Endura shorts. any time I try something else they don't feel right.
Falke Ski socks (that's one place it's justified to stick with what feels perfect), Falke Hiking socks, and have some Falke biking socks too.
Bike Verbier. No mater where else I try I always go back for more.
Shimano - brakes, group set, pedals
Camelbak - bags
Charge soon seat
The rest is up for grabs...
Orange bikes. Land Rover for cars and NVA for hifi.
Whole Earth Crunchy peanut butter
Well said that man.
Brown sauce - HP.
I always seem to go for Raceface stuff. Have Raceface seatposts, bars, stems, NW ring, clothing etc. Really like their stuff.
Shimano drivetrain and brakes (except chains)
Sram chains
Rockshox forks
Camelbak
Charge Spoon saddles
661 gloves (and now shorts)
Always go for the best price/sale/last years model/what i can afford though.
Always Shimano, whatever they make (bar those dual shifters that they made).
Used to be santa cruz but Im not paying Santa Cruz secondhand prices. Theres a used SC frame-----> for 1700 not a chance he'll get that when there are new/other alternatives out there.
Shimano drive chain, brakes and pedals.
Oakley glasses.
Specialized shoes.
Decathlon 700 shorts.
Planet-X gloves. This has happened by accident but I noticed it yesterday.
Shimano for gears and brake it just works and works
Endura and morvelo clothing wise
Bike wise I have NO brand loyalty at all
Slot car wise has to be slot it cars
Everything else whatever is cheap at that point in time 😀
Shimano drivetrains, brakes, pedals and shoes.
Charge spoon saddles
Rockshox forks
Giro helmets
Planet x clothing
Giro gloves
Skoda cars
SRAM Drivetrain, works better.
Carbon frames
Not so much with frames but avoid anyone with stupid proprietary crap parts
Let's see.
Orange frame.
Renthal Bars
Hope hubs, brakes, BB, headset, stem and bash guard
There is a Cotic hardtail as well with hope hubs, brakes and headset
Probably more a national loyalty than a brand loyalty, to be honest, though.
Giant bikes
Giro helmets
Schwalbe tyres
Cateye lights (rear)
Exposure lights (front)
Fizik saddles and tape
Ergon grips