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Originally Posted by whatshubdoc
From the MTB world, POLE bikes just went bankrupt. EVIL bikes did some downsizing. ORANGE went out, then came back (I think?). Ibis is getting leaner (selling less peripheral things like decals, touchup paint, merch). Those are the ones that come to mind.
All City just got axed from the QBP lineup last month.
Canyon seems to be doing OK due to MVDP?
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Which of these companies actually make their own bikes as opposed to ordering them up from Taiwan?
POLE sounds like the only one that manufactures all their own bikes.
IBIS makes a limited # themselves but outsources most (bonus points for seemingly moving some back)
Orange makes some themselves and outsources the rest
Canyon is outsourced AFAIK
All City is outsourced
My conjecture was just that actually manufacturing your own bike would have put a brake lever on the desire to massively increase production during 2020-2021 which seems to be where so much trouble started.
If Seven has had to lay people off that's interesting. I thought Parlee was more just long term failure as opposed to the supply/demand cycle issues that are hitting most companies right now. Parlee is also partially outsourced now too.