Top 5 brands NOT AVAILABLE in North America / Canada??

[Charles M]

OK, This could be a poll, but I dont know who I might leave out...


What do you all think the top 5 brands are that dont currently distribute (or actively / effectively distribute) In North America???

EEEEDIT LATE: FRAME-FORK MANUFACTURERS

[Climb01742]

canyon

[oldpotatoe]

OK, This could be a poll, but I dont know who I might leave out...


What do you all think the top 5 brands are that dont currently distribute (or actively / effectively distribute) In North America???

Merckx ALU

[William]

Chipollini. You can only inject sex in small limited runs :rolleyes: :) .





William

[TMB]

Canada isn't part of North America ?????


When did this happen?

[torquer]

Merida?
But then again, they are one of the mega-producers for everyone else, so why should they bother?

[Lifelover]

Canada isn't part of North America ?????


When did this happen?

Right after the French were defeated by the Alaskians.

[gdw]

Interesting question. I don't know the top 5 but there are quite a few brands we never see. Merida and Kinesis are pretty big but not players here under their own names. Peugeot still makes bikes but we don't see them and the smaller European brands -Rotwild, Schmolke, Orange, Dawes, etc- never make it over or have very limited distribution. Most of the major Japanese companies -Panasonic, Bridgestone, etc- are still cranking out bikes but are non-entities here.

[goonster]

Nagasawa

[DRZRM]

I picked up a Met helmet several years ago while I was in Amsterdam (Stradivarius model) and I really liked it. The brand is all over Europe, with no presence in the USA.

[SEABREEZE]

Pegg

[AndrewS]

Basso?

[false_Aest]

universal healthcare.

[CNY rider]

Fidel's cigars.

[thegunner]

koga makes some beautiful bikes, but i don't see many of those here...

[Pete Serotta]

Miyata......
:bike: :bike:

[rnhood]

Storck maybe? Not sure if they are readily available here.

[alancw3]

not really a brand but a model. cannondale tesoro travelluer rohloff. tried to buy one from uk bike shop (evans cycles) and was not allowed to sell in the usa because of dealer agreement. bike is not offered in the usa. this was a $4000 + bike! very shortsighted on c'dales part imho.

[JMerring]

cyfac?

[sg8357]

Campagnolo
Stronglight
Sugino

[Charles M]

Eh sorry, I meant bicycle brands..


Frame/Fork Brands

[RonW87]

Tommasini (I think Irio's niece either went back to Italy or stayed but shut the distributorship).

[deechee]

Serotta has no dealers west of BC in Canada. That's not distribution. You would think Toronto or Montreal would have one...

[fourflys]

Van Nicholas.... some really nice looking Ti bikes for some good prices...

[alexstar]

Tommasini (I think Irio's niece either went back to Italy or stayed but shut the distributorship).

Yeah, I don't know what happened to Tommasini USA. You can still get a Tommasini though; for example, Ocean Cyclery in San Francisco carries them and usually has a few in stock.

[jlwdm]

Serotta has no dealers west of BC in Canada. That's not distribution. You would think Toronto or Montreal would have one...

Can't get farther west than BC.

Jeff

[jlwdm]

Storck maybe? Not sure if they are readily available here.

There is a shop in AZ that sells a bunch of Storks.

Edit: I see there is a Storck USA site and quite a few dealers.

Jeff

[Hai H. Ho]

If I hit the numbers, then I would be on either a Baum or Passoni. They are sexxxy.

[BdaGhisallo]

I picked up a Met helmet several years ago while I was in Amsterdam (Stradivarius model) and I really liked it. The brand is all over Europe, with no presence in the USA.

I can't recall when it was, but MET came right out and said that they had no interest in selling in the US due to the litigious nature of society there. It simply wasn't worth it to them to have to go through all the hoops and protect themselves, liability wise, in order to sell here.

[steampunk]

Anchor (Japan). I would love to get my hands on their steel RNC7 or XNC7.

Anchor RNC7 road (http://www.anchor-bikes.com/bikes/concept_rnc7.html)
Anchor XNC7 mtb (http://www.anchor-bikes.com/bikes/concept_xnc7.html)

[I Want Sachs?]

Bridgestone

[TMB]

Serotta has no dealers west of BC in Canada. That's not distribution. You would think Toronto or Montreal would have one...


There is no Canada west of BC.

[Climb01742]

cyfac?

r&a carries 'em. i know. i've drooled. :rolleyes:

[RPS]

There is no Canada west of BC.

Small portion of Yukon Territory?

[ckamp]

Chipollini. You can only inject sex in small limited runs :rolleyes: :) .William...

[William]

...

OMG!!! :eek:




William ;)

[fiamme red]

NagasawaAnd add another four NJS companies to the list (e.g., Samson, Level, Vivalo, Anchor, Makino).

[sevencyclist]

Peugeot, if they are still making bikes.

I remember one of my college housemates had a Peugeot MTB that was quite nice.

[William]

And add another four NJS companies to the list (e.g., Samson, Level, Vivalo, Anchor, Makino).

And many more here thanks to Tomity. :cool:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=49737&page=8&pp=15






William

[Fivethumbs]

Hinault, Museeuw.

[Larry]

I picked up a Met helmet several years ago while I was in Amsterdam (Stradivarius model) and I really liked it. The brand is all over Europe, with no presence in the USA.

Sell me yours......I have wanted to play on a Strad.

[Volant]

Ghost (Germany) - for their lightweight mtb's!

[dbh]

Non-bikesdirect branded Bottechias

[spacemen3]

They're probably not large companies, but how about Cube (http://www.cube.eu/road/) and Enigma (http://www.enigmabikes.com/road.html).

[bkboom123]

Always liked the looks of cube bikes.....

I would like to see Canyon brought here. They look so simple, but are so light and stiff from everything I have read. Love to see it in person

[dimsy]

don't know about canada,

but i'm sure RA cycles carries both pegoretti and cyfac. if there's one there must be others.

on another note, cyfac's website no longer has the frame building interactive section of the site.

booo, i always liked building up a frame on their site.

[MadeinGermany]

...

+1

Stevens (German)

Peugeot (coming back with some great looking bikes)

[StellaBlue]

don't know about canada,

but i'm sure RA cycles carries both pegoretti and cyfac. if there's one there must be others.

on another note, cyfac's website no longer has the frame building interactive section of the site.

booo, i always liked building up a frame on their site.

There are multiple Pegoretti dealers in the US with frames in stock...

[Kane]

Boardman bikes.
Those look pretty nice!!
cheers,

Kane

[dimsy]

There are multiple Pegoretti dealers in the US with frames in stock...

i figured there were... saw someone earlier mention "pegg" not sure if they meant pegoretti or something else.

[whforrest]

early days on a Nishiki

I raced a pearl white OLMO with royal blue decals.

After that a nice blue Tommassini

next was a 3 tube carbon Vitus

next was Litespeed

than Serotta Legend

now I ride my beloved Otrott

[Wisey]

Gitane (Definitive) are back in the game and no presence outside Europe. Only Trek have won the Tour as many times as Gitane. (Not that this actually means anything!)

[shorelocal]

Never seen any Tomac bikes in Western Canada.

[davidj]

Grand Bois Bikes

[cfox]

Pegg

what's Pegg? does this mean Pegoretti? if so, the US is his number one market and is distributed by Gita

[drhule33]

+1 for Canyon

[majorpat]

Whoops, not so much

Gitane (Definitive) are back in the game and no presence outside Europe. Only Trek have won the Tour as many times as Gitane. (Not that this actually means anything!)

[phcollard]

Canyon
Miyata
Lapierre
Orbea

[thegunner]

canyon and lapierre are really the only ones i care about.

how i used to lust for a CF ultimate and the Xelius 400

[ultraman6970]

Koga miyata has a rep for the US...

Canyon and merida maybe never will be here.

Lapierre has a rep for the US aswell.

Orbea has been in the US since very long time.

Somec looks like is gone in the US.

Forgot to mention BERTONI! :D

Canyon
Miyata
Lapierre
Orbea

[thegunner]

i heard through the grapevine that competitivecyclist might carry canyon in the near future -- there was definitely some hints with random posts on the ultimate CF last year...

[oldpotatoe]

Canyon
Miyata
Lapierre
Orbea

Orbea and Lapierre are both sold in the US

[merckx]

alex singer

[verticaldoug]

the funny part is most of what you lust after is because of scarcity value. It most cases, you'll be disappointed because you just have another bike frame with a different logo and paint scheme. Not much more than that.

We already have a great assortment of bike manufacturers in North America. Pretty hard to improve on that.

[MadRocketSci]

i dunno about top 5 but....Ullrich?

ustacould get Lapierre from colorado cyclist...

[Gummee]

Nuke Proof
Vitus (the new one)
Merida (but Merida = Specialized so we sorta have em)

Those are all the ones that come to mind quickly. I'm sure there's others.

M

[bironi]

Checker Pig

[Wilkinson4]

Tommasini (I think Irio's niece either went back to Italy or stayed but shut the distributorship).

http://tommasinibicycle.com/Dealers.htm

Kirk at Creekside will be working the Tommasini booth as well. Also, on the 21st he is hosting his bikes and beers get together and might have a special guest or two.

mIKE

[fiamme red]

Decathlon -- a multinational sporting goods company, formerly had bikes with their decal used by Ag2R.

[c-record]

Lazer
Casati
and all the other small Italian brands we used to see 10+ years ago.

[Ahneida Ride]

universal healthcare.

no longer here is the link .....

http://www.irs.gov/PUP/newsroom/REG-148500-12%20FR.pdf

a small sample of it's easy reading

Example 3. Family without minimum essential coverage. (i) In 2016, Taxpayers H and J are married and file a joint return. H and J have three children: K, age 21, L, age 15, and M, age 10.

No member of the family has minimum essential coverage for
any month in 2016. H and J’s household income is $120,000. H and J’s applicable filing threshold is $24,000. The annual national average bronze plan premium for a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 children) is $20,000.

(ii) For each month in 2016, under paragraphs (b)(2)(ii) and (b)(2)(iii) of this
section, the applicable dollar amount is $2,780 (($695 x 3 adults) + (($695/2) x 2 children)). Under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section, the flat dollar amount is $2,085 (the lesser of $2,780 and $2,085 ($695 x 3)). Under paragraph (b)(3) of this section, the excess income amount is $2,400 (($120,000 - $24,000) x 0.025). Therefore, under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the monthly penalty amount is $200 (the greater of
$173.75 ($2,085/12) or $200 ($2,400/12)).

(iii) The sum of the monthly penalty amounts is $2,400 ($200 x 12). The sum of the monthly national average bronze plan premiums is $20,000 ($20,000/12 x 12).

Therefore, under paragraph (a) of this section, the shared responsibility payment imposed on H and J for 2016 is $2,400 (the lesser of $2,400 or $20,000).

[dnades]

Pronghorn.

Very sharp FS mtb. Out of Denmark.

[yashcha]

I hope they start selling Canyon in the US.

Pretty awesome bike, although selfishly I like having the only Canyon in this area.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/yashcha/659bbbf1661dde904a9c08d9b5132b5c_zps442aca43.jpg

[c-record]

Olmo
Concorde

[Gummee]

How could I forget KTM?!

M

[Gaucho410]

Mondraker.

[rdparadise]

Gitane (Definitive) are back in the game and no presence outside Europe. Only Trek have won the Tour as many times as Gitane. (Not that this actually means anything!)

Trek lost their wins of the TdF when Lance bit the dust. Only one on Trek now officially would be Contador with Astana in 2009.

Bob