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Mont Blanc pens.
I love using decent pens, but there's nothing that screams look at me more than a bloke (always male) with that little white star (inevitably on a ballpoint, not even a fountain pen)waving around as he tries to think he's important in a meeting.
Tesco - too powerful, screw locals and suppliers.
Asda = favour imports, screw locals
anything Israeli - obviously. the real terror state
Volvo - a bit irrational but so what.
Nike - sweat shops, too American, omnipresent.
Generally I favour British, local, independent, non air freighted etc
ratherbeintobago - Member
Excellent call there all round.
Any company thatn uses text speak in it's name, for example Claims4U.
The North Face, if they want me to wear their logo so prominently they can pay me to wear their outdoor gear.
Hmmmm. People seem to want an explanation of my entry of Hope. So here goes:-
Hubs. They make a nice noise but are from cheap metals. I've had flanges (I do like that word) crack and deform. Axles bend. Freehubs deform.
I don't get these issues (at least as often) with other brands.
Headsets. They're expensive compared to a lot of competition and not any better.
Seat clamps. I'm heavy. Their clamps are seemingly not up to the job of keeping my seatpost in place.
Brakes. They fade like no others. Shimano XT are cheaper and better. Hayes are cheaper and just as good. I've had them repeatedly leak and the fittings deform when adjusted (and I'm quite delicate with spanners). Used to spend all my life fixing or bleeding the useless crap - haven't used them for years now and have finally realised that hydraulic brakes can be fit n forget.
Perhaps if they stopped making things from cheese they'd be better.
Just because Hope charge a lot for their products does not mean they're not cheap and nasty.
Used to spend all my life fixing or bleeding the useless crap - haven't used them for years now and have finally realised that hydraulic brakes can be fit n forget.
To counter that, my X2s, while they're noticeably less powerful than the Avids they replaced, have been fit & forget. The Avids needed bleeding on a fortnightly basis (the LBS reckons I was by no means alone in this) and howled whenever I braked.
Andy
Just thought of some more tedious brands:
Manchester United
Beckham
Reiss
D&G
Endura