I'm just curious. I am a mountain biker at heart (sorry ) and in the mountain bike world it seems like many of the high end companies are American companies. However, in the road world it seems like a lot of the high end companies that people want are NOT American. . .
I'm not talking about your typical "rack bike" companies like Trek or Cannondale, but rather the other companies that *only* make high end.
In the mountain bike world, you have:
Turner
Foes
Intense (Yeah, I know they have road bikes too, but do you own one?)
Titus (I know they make road bikes, but they are more of a mountain bike company here)
Santa Cruz (well, not so much American anymore)
In the road world, you have:
Orbea
BMC
Bianchi (I know they make lower end stuff, but everyone loves them)
Kuota
Colnago
Just some examples, I know that there are some American companies out there, but it seems to me that BMC and Orbea are the "hot bikes" to get right now, and neither of them is American. Not that I have anything against American/Non-American companies, I'm just curious, that's all. So why the foreign dominance in dreamy bikes?
I'm not talking about your typical "rack bike" companies like Trek or Cannondale, but rather the other companies that *only* make high end.
In the mountain bike world, you have:
Turner
Foes
Intense (Yeah, I know they have road bikes too, but do you own one?)
Titus (I know they make road bikes, but they are more of a mountain bike company here)
Santa Cruz (well, not so much American anymore)
In the road world, you have:
Orbea
BMC
Bianchi (I know they make lower end stuff, but everyone loves them)
Kuota
Colnago
Just some examples, I know that there are some American companies out there, but it seems to me that BMC and Orbea are the "hot bikes" to get right now, and neither of them is American. Not that I have anything against American/Non-American companies, I'm just curious, that's all. So why the foreign dominance in dreamy bikes?