Rank your top ten favorite bike brands. They can make anything bike related, and they must still be in business. Essentially, these should be companies you feel personally indebted to, that have had a major impact on your enjoyment of cycling, ones that you track in terms on introduction of new products, etc.

Here's mine:

Speedplay*
Continental
Giro
San Marco
Carnac
Cinelli
Shimano
Eddy Merckx
Chris King
Columbus

*with props to Time for pioneering the whole "float" thing

Campagnolo
Mavic
PhilWood
Flite
Aegis
DeRosa
Shimano
Pearl Izumi
Sidi
Giordana

In no specific order...
Look
Seven
Sidi
Giordana
Shimano
Fizik
Chris King
Reynolds
Mavic
Pearl Izumi

Here is my list in order of brand loyalty

1. LOOK
2. Shimano Dura Ace
3. Giro
4. Nike
5. Michelin
6. Voler
7. Cinelli
8. Oakley
9. Cateye
10. Specialized

Here are mine, in no particular order.

FSA
Campy
Shimano - if no shimano than campy would have no reason to keep improving
Hugi
Easton
Giant - make one of the best bikes for the money
IF
Specialized - nice bikes but even nicer accessories
Reynolds
Crank Brothers

Kona
Viner (www.viner.it)
Dedacciai (eom 16.5 steel, 2.9# road frames)
GVHBikes (http://gvhbikes.com/)
Time (atac xs pedals)
Marzocchi
Moots
PhilWood
Motobecane
Campagnolo
Santa Cruz (vp-free)

[QUOTE=Henry Chinaski]Rank your top ten favorite bike brands. They can make anything bike related, and they must still be in business. Essentially, these should be companies you feel personally indebted to, that have had a major impact on your enjoyment of cycling, ones that you track in terms on introduction of new products, etc.

Campy
Shimano
Look
Cinelli
Nalini
San Marco
Mountainsmith
Hammer Nutrition
Vredestein
E-Bay

In no particular order, just brands I turn to first when I'm building a bike or buying things to wear.

Campagnolo
Giro/Fizik
Veloflex
Look
Colnago
Continental
Pearl Izumi
Assos
Cateye
Vredestein

In no particular order

Specialized
Shimano
Continental
Ciclib (www.ciclib.de (http://www.ciclib.de))
BMC
Fizik
Crank Brothers
SKS
Barbiery
CamelBack

as others, no particular order.


time
rocky mountain
tommasini
mondonico/torelli
marzocchi
3ttt
cinelli
campagnolo
descente
columbus

and honorable mention for selle italia

Mine, in no particular order, are:

Fondriest
Shimano
Jet Lites
Fizik
Polo RLX
Sidi
Jamis
Pearl Izumi
Performance
Thomson

shimano
time
mavic
sidi
tange
columbus
dedacciai
reynolds
ritchey
continental

Not in any order

Litespeed
Serotta
Fizik
Shimano
Continental
Deda
Cinelli
Voler
Giordana
Sidi

1) De Rosa
2) Campagnolo
3) Cinelli
4) Fizik
5) Sidi
6) Time
7) Trek
8) Bontrager
9) Shimano
10) FSA

Honorable Mention: Dr.Scholl's Moleskin, A & D Ointment, Chiquita

...and the many casualties of my trial and error method. I thought, I'd throw in the starting point of my journey to riding and wrenching bliss as well:
1. Litespeed frames, from Cannondale
2. Sidi shoes, from Specialized, Nike and Carnac
3. Campagnolo, from you know what (...you must not speak his name, Harry!!)
4. Santini bibs, from Biemme, Nalini, Cannondale, Performance, Pearl Izumi
5. Stella Azzurra stem/bars, from Cinelli
6. Look carbon pedals, from any other Look pedal
7. Pedro's Bike lust, from lemon Pledge
8. handbuilt Ambrosio rims, from Mavic factory wheels
9. Joe Blow pump, from Specialized and Silca
10. Voodoo 'cross frame, from complete GT mountain bike
H.M.: Park tools, got this one right from the start...

1. Specialized- because I can actually afford their (very nice) products; Riding a Specialized is better than dreaming of a Merckx. Plus great accessories.
2. Thomson- seatposts AND stems
3. Mavic
4. Michelin
5. Selle Italia
6. Dura Ace (haven't tried Campy yet)
7. 105
8. Cateye
9. Bell
10. Nalini
10a. Eddy Merckx (one day!)

Campagnolo
Zefal
Selle Italia
Sidi
Cinelli
Strong Frames
Michelin
Yakima
Columbus
Santini

To be honest, I've never used a couple of these. They just appeal to me on some level, like Gios blue:

Motobecane (first "real" bike, first century)
Specialized (lots of decent stuff not too expensive)
Rivendell (because Grant dares to swim against the current, and some of his suggestions have prolonged my cycling life)
Brooks
Diadora (for making size 15 cycling shoes that don't cost $200)
Bridgestone (that was Grant, too)
Gios (always wanted a Compact Pro)
Blackburn (good racks cheap, showed me how to use a bike as transportation rather than just a toy)
Shimano (probably should be higher--the medium-cheap stuff works great).
And, what the hell, RBR, for putting me in touch with so many knowledgeable people.

cyfac - for frames
campagnolo - for the drivetrain
pearl izumi - for shoes
rudy project - for glasses and helmet
ITM - for stem/bar
easton - for carbon seatpost
mavic - rims
continental - tires
selle italia - saddles
park - home tools

VooDoo -- yeah, they're still in business somewhere...
Kona -- Jake the Snake. 'Nuff said.
Bianchi
Michelin
Park Tools
Shimano
Mavic
Paul's Components
VooDoo. Yeah, it's here twice--deal with it
Soma--best "cheap" steel bikes that I've encountered

Shimano
Serotta
Assos
Michelin
Mavic
Hammergel
Gatorade
Sidi
Oakley
Limar

Len

Campagnolo
Tommasini
Speedplay
Sidi
Mavic
Pearl Izumi
Nalini
LAS
GU
Krispy Kreme

Top 5
LeMond
Look Pedals
Shimano
Cinelli
Pearli Izumi

Merckx
Specialized
Speedplay
Mavic
Superfeet
Starbucks
Gold Bond
McSorley's dark, Sam Adams (tie)
Gillette Trac Two
Motrin

Tommasini
Steelman
Shimano
Look
Thomson
3T
Specialized
Mavic
Michelin
Performance

Eddy Merckx
Sidi
Dura Ace
Deda 215 bars
Thomson seatposts
Continental
Ultimate Work and Storage stands
Mavic rims and wheels
Giro helmets
Gatorade

Seven
Campy
Oakley
Speedplay
Pearl Izumi
Sidi
Michelin
Reynolds
Thomson
Assos

In no order:

1. Assos (Good god their chamois feel great after 5 hours straight)
2. Full Speed Ahead (Their carbon cranks have a place on both my mountain and road bikes, Their stems are great value and reasonably light weight)
3. SRAM (Their XO Shifters and their chains are stunning)
4. Shimano (Road stuff is good)
5. Ellsworth (Truth MTB)
6. Selle Italia (SLR)
7. Sidi (Ergo 1s are awesome)
8. Lupine (They make a killer Xenon HID light for night!)
9. Chris King (I love their Hubs and their headsets are buttery)
10. Giant (Their Carbon Road frames are great even if everyone rides them....)

Bianchi
Campagnolo
(nothing else is close)
____________
Colnago
Selle Italia
Mavic
Cervelo
Zipp
Park Tools

Random order

Campagnolo
Speedplay
Brooks
Chris King
Sidi
Voler (shorts)
Park Tool
Mavic (OP rims)
Bell
Vanilla

Brooks
Chris King
Cannondale
Tacx
Ciclosport
Nite Rider
Thomson
Clif
Giro
Topeak

1. Cannondale (4 of 6 bikes can't be wrong, plus I really like their shorts)
2. Specialized (Love my Langster, as well as my BG saddles on all of my bikes)
3. Shimano (From Dura Ace to Alivio, they all work flawlessly)
4. Speedplay (You will be on all of my bikes soon enough...)
5. DT, which leads to...
6. Mavic, which leads to...
7. Park Tools. Put the above together on the stand and you've got a nice handbuilt wheel
8. Suntour (Superbe Pro Track groupo is the smoothest around)
9. Gillette Venus Razors
10. Did I mention Cannondale yet?

Araya - the rims on my first decent alloy wheels (original Shimano 600 hubs)
Stronglight - there are cranksets that are as pretty, but none are prettier (imho)
Carlton framed Raleighs, and Carlton framed Carltons
Zeus/Frejus
Suntour - that they're no longer making GS dropouts/Cyclone & Superbe components is for me the saddest thing about cycling...
Hetchins/Bob Jackson/Jack Taylor/Mercian
Bruce Gordon/Mikkelsen/Eisentraut/Ed Litton
Oh, ok......Specialized
Bridgestone/Miyata/KHS
Reynolds

Sorry about cheating....

Cyfac best frame out there
Speedplay
Shimano
Gearne
Rudy Project
Cyfac best frame out there
Cyfac best frame out there
Cyfac best frame out there

in no particular order:

Merlin (my current main ride)
Guerciotti (my first road bike)
Campy
Shimano
Look (finally, road pedals that seem second nature)
Time (best pedals for cyclocross)
FSA (love them compact carbon cranks)
Ritchey (half of the spec list on my 'cross rig)
Salsa (the other half)
Selle Italia

IF
Serotta
Chris King
Mavic
Carb-Boom
Mach3 razors(yea..triple blade baaby)
Pink Lemonade Cytomax
Vredestien
Specialized (Wide mouth water bottles)
Dura Ace

LOOK
FONDRIEST
TOMMASINI
REYNOLDS
RITCHEY
EASTON
SHIMANO
CONTINENTAL
CINELLI
CASTELLI

I patronize all these brands except for the top two which I hope to be patronizing in the near future.

Araya - the rims on my first decent alloy wheels (original Shimano 600 hubs)
Stronglight - there are cranksets that are as pretty, but none are prettier (imho)
Carlton framed Raleighs, and Carlton framed Carltons
Zeus/Frejus
Suntour - that they're no longer making GS dropouts/Cyclone & Superbe components is for me the saddest thing about cycling...
Hetchins/Bob Jackson/Jack Taylor/Mercian
Bruce Gordon/Mikkelsen/Eisentraut/Ed Litton
Oh, ok......Specialized
Bridgestone/Miyata/KHS
Reynolds

Sorry about cheating....

One FINE list. I'll just claim this one too, adding only Brooks.

Colnago
Campy
Castelli
Speedplay
Fizik
Chris King
Clif
Gatorade
Pearl Izumi (Pittard Gloves)
Schwinn ( the old Schwinn, from waterford.)

Road only, chronological order..

Evans
Huffy
Raleigh
Shimano
Bianchi
Yakima
Litespeed
Park
Terry
Mavic

TF

in rough order, road and mtn

Pegoretti (god bless Dario)
Intense (boingggggg, boinnnnnngggg)
Campagnolo (ahhh, bellisimo)
speedplay
polar
park tools (is there any other)
endurox
shimano (mtn)
pasta
keilbasa
pizza
beer
chianti
(yeah there's 13, i'd add a lot more food, but this would never end)

gotta have ben and jerrys too!

Campagnolo
Assos
Casati
Merlin
Stella Azzura
Look
Sidi
Mavic
FSA
Park tools
ProLink

in no particular order.
oh....and how could I forget that little French company--- Mavic.

In order:

Podium Girls
Huffy
Ironhorse
Repco
Konya

Okay, back to my cage now... :D

Colnago
Look
Merckx
Sidi
Campy
Deda
ITM
DeMarchi
Crank Bros
Fsa
Vittoria
Nalini
Pearl Izumi
Shimano spd-sl
Park
Selle ltalia
Bell
Giro
Tacx Tao
Mavic
Reynolds

Oooops, I think that's more then ten... I am sure I am forgetting some obvious ones as well...oh well.... (btw no particular order as well)