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  • Brand loyalty
  • accu
    Free Member

    Endura clothing
    Dialledbikes,
    (which turns out to be a bit difficult for the future..)
    orange

    Rock Shox forks
    Hope parts
    Shimano drivetrain
    Dt Swiss hubs(silent)

    crazy-legs
    Full Member

    Clothing: Endura or Rapha
    Helmets: Specialized
    Shoes: I think its only in the last couple of years I’ve bought anything other than Specialized shoes.

    Bikes: pretty much always Specialized although in the early days I was a big Saracen fan before they went all shit with their supermarket full sus.

    simmy
    Free Member

    My Bikes and stuff involving them are the only things I really spend on.

    Tools – Park
    Clothing – Gore / Rapha
    Shoes – 5:10 ( including my everyday footwear……)
    Hope stuff
    Bikes – Orange

    I don’t care what I drive, but my bike stuff has to have certain label.

    MSP
    Full Member

    Shimano gears (although on my new bike teamed with sram cranks and cassette).

    I think that is pretty much all I am nearly guaranteed to stick to as I just don’t like the action of sram shifters. I am currently using shimano brakes and continental tyres on all my bikes, and would need some serious persuasion that they would be bettered, but I could be persuaded.

    Easton are the only company I would no longer touch with a shitty bargepole due to their appalling non existent customer service.

    SirHC
    Full Member

    Have 2 Morewoods (Makulu & 4x Prototype) and a Giant currently, they share quite a lot of common parts

    Hope Hubs
    Stans Rims
    Maxxis Tyres
    Sram Drivetrains
    Renthal Bars
    Hope Brakes
    Rockshox Forks

    esselgruntfuttock
    Free Member

    Hope hubs, brakes, headsets & BB’s.
    Spesh gloves
    Endura or Altura clothing.
    Shimano drivetrain.

    My next bike will probably be another Orange.

    garage-dweller
    Full Member

    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.

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    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)

    zero-cool
    Free Member

    Oh, and Maxxis tyres, not found anything that works as well or as reliable over the years

    ben98
    Free Member

    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!

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Plus 1 for park and camelbak, never owned another brand of hydration pack, it’s so engrained I don’t even think about it!

    MarkE25
    Full Member

    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!

    chakaping
    Free Member

    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.

    nach
    Free Member

    Charge/Fabric saddles.
    Maxxis tyres.
    Spank stuff but only because it’s nice.

    howsyourdad1
    Free Member

    Maldon Salt and Burton bindings

    edit oh and DT hubs

    CHB
    Full Member

    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.

    Harry_the_Spider
    Full Member

    I like my Spesh shoes too. When the time comes I’ll get more. Shimano hack me off with their small sizing.

    oxym0r0n
    Full Member

    Cotic, hope hubs, Thomson stem/post, charge/fabric, schwalbe,cking headset, magura brakes, sombrio, raceface, sidi – that mostly covers it!

    pedropete
    Full Member

    Whole Earth Crunchy peanut butter, Shimano bike shoes & eggbeater pedals

    brian2
    Free Member

    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.

    simondbarnes
    Full Member

    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)

    senorj
    Full Member

    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.

    Bregante
    Full Member

    Shimano Pedals.

    Thomson Stems (and non reverb) seat posts.

    Think thats pretty much it.

    andytherocketeer
    Full Member

    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.

    Tracey
    Full Member

    Bike Verbier. No mater where else I try I always go back for more.

    Andy_Sweet
    Free Member

    Shimano – brakes, group set, pedals
    Camelbak – bags
    Charge soon seat

    The rest is up for grabs…

    jamesross
    Free Member

    Orange bikes. Land Rover for cars and NVA for hifi.

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    Whole Earth Crunchy peanut butter

    Well said that man.

    Brown sauce – HP.

    gnusmas
    Full Member

    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.

    hora
    Free Member

    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.

    lunge
    Full Member

    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.

    fatsimonmk2
    Free Member

    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 😀

    snownrock
    Full Member

    Shimano drivetrains, brakes, pedals and shoes.
    Charge spoon saddles
    Rockshox forks
    Giro helmets
    Planet x clothing
    Giro gloves
    Skoda cars

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    SRAM Drivetrain, works better.
    Carbon frames
    Not so much with frames but avoid anyone with stupid proprietary crap parts

    roverpig
    Full Member

    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.

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Giant bikes
    Giro helmets
    Schwalbe tyres
    Cateye lights (rear)
    Exposure lights (front)
    Fizik saddles and tape
    Ergon grips

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