[Closed] What bike brands you are loyal to?

I wouldn't say I'm loyal as I will buy others but fabourites so far:
Bikes - Whyte (19 is best hardtail I've ridden, test rode T120 and 146 and WANT)
Tyres - Maxxis (just like them) & Specialised (VFM)
Headsets & hubs - Hope (last for ever, cheaper than CK and english! Like the clicky noise)
Nightlights - Exposure - no cables

I've been trying to kick the ibis habit for 20 years and failing as Scott Nicol keeps producing damn fine bikes.

Otherwise...

King headsets and hubs
Hope disk brakes
Selle italia saddles
Specialized shoes
Crank bros pedals

Hope, purely on customer service. Topeak also, again on CS in sending me some lost multitool bits FOC. I'm a recent adoptee of Surly bits, & a Karate Monkey is up there with a Swift for my next frame.

Not a single one. Every frame a different manufacturer. Never had more than 4 tyres of the same brand. 3 pairs of shoes by 3 different companies. Saddles the same. I buy what makes sense at the time. The only slight nod is towards SRAM shifting as it just seems to work for me so I don't see the point in buying a new groupset. That said, it's only on MTB as I use Shimano on the road bike.

Hope hubs (but that's about it from them)
Shimano hydraulic disc brakes and drivetrain
On One / Planet X / Cyclestore - general shopping & buying experience
Selle Italia saddles
Deda
Vittoria / Maxxis tyres
Crank Brothers (pedals, QRs)
Pearl Izumi & Northwave clothing & shoes
Seem to have [s]had[/s] liked bikes / frames from a fairly limited number of companies over the last 20+ years: Spesh, Giant, On One, Planet X, Kinesis...

Hope
Shimano
Maxxis
Magura Forks (swapped a set of Wotans for some Lyriks. Can't wait to break them/sell them on to get another set of Woos)
Odi
DHB

I do like SRAM shifting and Maxxis tyres but I'm open to new stuff that might be better and cheaper.

Usually...
Scott Frames
Fox Suspension
Shimano shifting
Hope bearing products and finishing kit
Schwalbe or Maxxis tyres
Shimano Pedals
Fizik Saddles

Other ports of call,
Easton
Race Face
Dt Swiss
Mavic

Re bikes, for me Santa Cruz seem to have always been the best - no duffers!

northwave shoes
all the rest is the best i can get at the best price

spot
turner
dave yates
hope
velocity
phil wood
specialized shoes and helmets
sram

Like others here, less loyalty and more brands I look at first to see if they have anything that suits if I want something.

SRAM for drivetrain (despite what it says above I can't really remember the last time I had anything Shimano on my drivetrain).

Michelin for tyres (with Specialized being second port of call).

ODI grips.

Quite like Ragley/Nukeproof cockpit and contact points for the cost/function balance.

Was always DMR for pedals but Superstar have edged it now.

Fox and Oakley for bike clothing.

slainte 🙂 rob

XT
ZTR Wheels
Schwalbe rubber
Spech helmet and gloves
Sidi Mega
Oakley
King headsets
Rockshox

Cotic... Think that's it in fact. There's loads of other brands I like, and will keep using, but for actual loyalty it's just them, they've proved themselves more than once to be worth it.

Magicshine lights
Superstar brake pads
Chris king Hubs,headsets and BB
Shimano pedals and waterproof boots
WI freewheels
Maverick forks!

Brand loyalty is a recipe for disaster, but I am more inclined to look at Hope brakes before any other, and Hope hubs. But ultimately everything gets a performance/price/risk assessment before purchase.

I've never had/bought anything other than shimano mechs and shifters. Can't see meself ever buying non superstar brake pads and that's about it.

Oh, for some reason beyond my control I always seem to have a diamond back bike in my possesion! 😳

No brand loyalties as such, but I do have the reverse - brands I don't particularly like and just sort of avoid and then there's the brands I wouldn't touch with a shitty stick.

Mavic for Factory built road wheels, and Mavic Rims for MTB
Easton for carbon bits
Avid for brakes, but that is mainly because it would cost too much to change them across 3 bikes.
Exposure for lights - for convenience.
I can't remember the last time I strayed from these choices

But apart from that nothing really
Shimano versus SRAM - happy with either
RS versus FOX - prefer FOX, if specced on a bike, but never bought them as a aftermarket product too expensive.

Brand loyalty is a recipe for disaster

My brand loyalty is based on consistent product reliability. This isn't disastrous IME.

It's Thomson btw

Oakley
Santa Cruz
Chris King hubs and headset
Hope Brakes
Pace/DT Swiss forks
Shimano gearing
Thomson
USE lights

King Headsets
Hope Hubs
SDG Bel Air saddles
Middleburn rings
Cove frames

Alpkit - the personal service really appeals and their kit is such good value for money I seldom look elsewhere.
Plain Lazy tshirts, I just like them

Oh, and John Lewis for stuff for the house. I know it's a shop but we've got lots of their "own brand" things

Service is king

Cotic frames
Hope hubs/wheels, headsets & brakes
Shimano XT transmission

On all present and future bikes!

Also like Thomson (pins and stem), easton (bars and flatties), maxxis and fizik.

Hope hubs
Mavic rims
King headsets

I like the way their stuff just works. Its all easily serviceable, and doesn't need doing very often.

shimano
hope
rockshox

Fox forks
Shimano drivetrain and pedals
Fizik saddles - they just fit me
Easton
Ibis, I'm waiting for them to bring out a 29er hardtail
Gore bikewear
Exposure lights
Fox helmets
Endura Baabaa baselayers
Raceface clothing

It's great when you find a brand which just works for you, fits you and ultimately makes you feel comfortable when you're out riding.

Easton for handlebars

Thomson for stems and seatposts

SRAM for shifters, derailleurs and cassettes / chains

Shimano for Hollowtech II cranks, rim brakes and SPD shoes(road) and gear cabling

Avid for hydraulic disc brakes (mtb)

Fox for suspension forks and shocks

5-10 for riding shoes

Specialized for tires and frames

ODI for lock-on handlebar grips

WTB for saddles

Hope for wheel hubs and night riding lights

Stan's for wheel rims and tubeless sealant

E13 for chain devices

FSA for headsets

Fox - Helmets
Specialized - Shoes
White Industries - Freewheels
Surly - Hubs and a lot of stuff they do
Craft - Clothing
Topeak - A lot of their stuff
Panaracer - MTB Tyres
Conti - Road Tyres
Chris King - Headsets

Specialized for anything bike related - clothing, parts, bikes, it all seems to work well and hold up as it was intended.

Hope components - quality parts, backed up by serviceable and replaceable parts and easily found how to's. Customer service is apparently excellent too, although I've never had to use it 🙂

Thomson - great quality components

Endura - always seems to be the longest lasting and best fitting clothing. Range is from lightweight summer items to super sturdy Singletrack range.

Santa Cruz
Hope
Shimano
FSA
SDG
Maxxis
ODI
that is all...

Anything that last ... 🙄

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Oakley specs
Troy Lee helmets
Odi lock-ons
THE number plates
Blackberry phones

Shimano
Specialized (shoes and helmets - noone else's fit)
Mavic historically but tempted by Stans next time round

Beyond that it's buy for a job based on what's around that seems to do it for the right money.

I like to buy British where its up to the job and available from the LBS.

mavic hope 🙂

Like many others:

Selle Italia saddles
Schwalbe tyres
Specialized shoes (though I hate myself for it, as I disagree with the company policy on patents and litigation)
DIY lights 😀

Though apart from the saddle thing, it's more a case of product loyalty - if somebody else came out with a tyre or shoe I thought better I'd switch in an instant (actually my latest bike shoe purchases were Shimano - a company I thought I had inverse brand loyalty to for shoes - and Vans, though I'm using them with Specialized insoles 😉 ).

I suppose I could add Formula brakes given that's the last two sets I've bought over 10 years - but again I'd have bought something different if I thought it better. Brand loyalty sucks.

Chris King
White Industries
Hope
All my forks have been Pace since I started back in the late 80's mainly the RC30 and 31's

I kinda stick with stuff if it works; as much as I love building bikes, there are plenty of times when I don't want to have to be messing about, fiddling with something when I could be out riding (err, like now for example 😉 )

Specialized shoes / BG grips.
Singular frames.
I like all of the QBP stuff I've had too (Surly and Salsa).
Bontrager tires seem to work well for me.
Shimano and Cane Creek stuff - because it just works.

Dawes mountain bikes and Aldi and Lidl for tops and jackets

dialledbikes..for HTs
orange ...for fullsuss
chris king ...for headsets
rock shox...for forks

and dt swiss..for their hubs, lasting ages...

Bell XC helmets - fit me good and cheaper than the competition.

Urge helmets - Love the styling and the Downomatic fits me brilliantly.

No real loyalty, just like stuff that works at the right price.

Having said that, i bought a 2004 Mount Vision and was so impressed with the way it works that when i saw a 2009 Wolf Ridge for sale with a £1000 off list price i bought it 🙂

Shimano stuff simply 'cos it works without having to think about it, apart from that nowt really.

but loyalty can blind you to other good stuff on the market

The only slight nod is towards SRAM shifting as it just seems to work for me so I don't see the point in buying a new groupset

Spose the only "loyalty" I've got is Endura.
And that is because I know what fits when mail ordering, in an industry where clothing sizes vary a lot from the norm.