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sa brands

momsen

morewood

pyga

silverback

*****disclaimer... i dont currently have any of these myself... but have seen die hard brand conscious bike shop owners starting to convert to saffa brands

 

Isn't Silverback a German Brand?

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I don't doubt Spez being right at the top in terms of brand & desirability. But in terms of numbers sold? Not so sure, not exactly an entry level bike brand and the average mtb'er don't do stage races & spend more than R10k on a bike imo

 

Would be interesting to see the actual sales figures of the different brands

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Started in SA, moved to Germany.

 

Oh, Cool... never knew that, nver too old to learn something new.... :w00t:

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Isn't Silverback a German Brand?

ja south african... worked abroad came back to start silverback , owner's surname is Retief Edited by jeepdude
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Raleigh

Dunlop

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Nishiki

I reckon this is fairly accurate. It may be hard to believe, but the typical Sani2C field probably doesn't represent SA's population and it buying power. If it did we'd rival Sweden in terms of GDP... and be a country of middle aged white men.

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Momsen is getting big!

but still most asked for brands is giant, merida, silverback, scott.

not in any specific order.

I feel Spesh is big but is taking a dive

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Momsen is getting big!

but still most asked for brands is giant, merida, silverback, scott.

not in any specific order.

I feel Spesh is big but is taking a dive

 

Every race I go to Spesh and Giant are the two main brands I see. This includes mass races like Knysna etc.

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Raleigh

Dunlop

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Nishiki

 

I reckon this is fairly accurate. It may be hard to believe, but the typical Sani2C field probably doesn't represent SA's population and it buying power. If it did we'd rival Sweden in terms of GDP... and be a country of middle aged white men.

 

I see your point, and raise you a 'it's not a mountain bike if you can buy it at Pick n Pay'. Nor are the folk that ride them mountain bikers. In the UK they call them BSOs, for Bicycle Shaped Objects. I challenge you to smash even a Tokai XC trail on one at a semi decent pace without either making some or other component (most likely the fork, if it's a 'suspension' fork) disintegrate, or being kicked into the bushes.

 

I'd say Giant, Silverback, Merida and Scott.

 

(Not being a brand snob - those bikes have their place, but it's firmly in the all terrain commuter category, not in the MTB category.)

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