The "I hate Specialized" Bandwagon...... what's the deal?

[JohanC]

Cracked my BMC TE01 frame almost 2 weeks ago at the rear drive side. As I'm a small size, I only had an option between two frames last week, Santa Cruz or Spez (that were available immediately).

 

I got her yesterday afternoon!

Edited January 7, 2015 by JohanC

[GLuvsMtb]

Cracked my BMC TE01 frame almost 2 weeks ago at the rear drive side. As I'm a small size, I only had an option between two frames last week, Santa Cruz or Spez (that were available immediately).

 

I got her yesterday afternoon!

Did you throw your BMC off a cliff on purpose

Nice ride btw

Edited January 8, 2015 by GLuvsMtb

[Spoke101]

Cracked my BMC TE01 frame almost 2 weeks ago at the rear drive side. As I'm a small size, I only had an option between two frames last week, Santa Cruz or Spez (that were available immediately).

 

I got her yesterday afternoon!

Sweet race machine. Santa Cruz would have been great buy as well.

[Traveler]

I did not even consider a Spez when i bought my bike some months ago. That said, I'd not buy another front tyre but the Spez Ground Control or Purgatory. And last week I retired a very well used Spez Alias saddle. The bottle cage from Spez will live on the third bike.

 

The products around the bikes are very well made and really reliable.

[SwissVan]

Saw this yesterday, I'm sure the Caveman was thinking of this thread

 

[Allrounder]

I love the looks of the spez bikes, but can't afford one. 

 

My brother can afford one, but he will never by a spez in his life, because of bad service from his local spez bike shop. 

 

(He then bought giants. )

[Hairy]

I know this can be said for any bike brand, but it is a new year and I am rested from the holidays.

 

Saturday we are at the end of a trail with a very simple a-frame exit that has a clear line of sight on entry and you can easily amble over it.

 

A rider decked out in kief kit and a very highly speced (and therefore expensive) Epic approaches, his face drops and he gets off the bike to walk over the bride.

 

His buddy on an Anthem waiting for him looked very embarrassed.

[Johny Bravo]

I know this can be said for any bike brand, but it is a new year and I am rested from the holidays.

 

Saturday we are at the end of a trail with a very simple a-frame exit that has a clear line of sight on entry and you can easily amble over it.

 

A rider decked out in kief kit and a very highly speced (and therefore expensive) Epic approaches, his face drops and he gets off the bike to walk over the bride.

 

His buddy on an Anthem waiting for him looked very embarrassed.

I would also be embarrassed if I had to be seen on a Anthem.

[Freek]

Needed a skewer nut at the Sani2C. Spaz were there in full force servicing only their brand, refused to even consider helping me out! Bunch of pricks!!

[bmw1za]

Needed a skewer nut at the Sani2C. Spaz were there in full force servicing only their brand, refused to even consider helping me out! Bunch of pricks!!

OUCH... Im a Spaz Supporter but that was just **** !  surely helping the "opposition" in a moment of desperation would assist towards winning them over ... I'm not going to ditch My Epic but hey ..Call a spade a Spade.

[Fisan]

Needed a skewer nut at the Sani2C. Spaz were there in full force servicing only their brand, refused to even consider helping me out! Bunch of pricks!!

 

Is funny considering I... don't really like Spez either...for reasons, but the local Spez shop was the only one in town able to sell me a decent front skewer.

[Patchelicious]

You seldom see Spez riders bashing other brands, yet those other brand riders bash Spez. It's racist

 

Looks it's always been "cool" to go against the grain. But there is a cycle to these things.

 

In the Tech world it's called the Gartner Hype Cycle, but it can be applied here too.

 

Basically something gets launched, it becomes super popular, so popular that it start becoming uncool, but then a bit later you get get over the uncool tag and just buy it because its a good product and it plateaus.

 

The bigger brands have gone through this and matured already, so you seldom see their riders getting itchy at each other.

 

In a few years you would have gotten over yourselves and stopped hating for the sake of it, or a new brand or trend would have hit that part of the cycle. I'm thinking that there will be a "hate fatbikes" thread next year.

[Patchelicious]

Needed a skewer nut at the Sani2C. Spaz were there in full force servicing only their brand, refused to even consider helping me out! Bunch of pricks!!

You need to remember that these guys sell service packages before the races and they have a heap of bikes that they need to attend to between each stage, those customers have prebooked that service and already paid for it.

 

There is so much demand for these packages that they work through the night many times, fixing the stuff that broke the day before and stock is not always at hand and therefore they need to ensure their contracted clients get the best service and must keep stock on hand first and then they would help others.

 

I am almost 100% sure that those guys would have helped if there was capacity to do so.

 

Perhaps for the next Sani2C, call your brand up and book one of these service packages, do they even offer it? If not call and book with Spez, they will gladly offer you the same package, regardless of your brand.

 

Ps: don't hate them because your brand was not there to help you

Edited January 24, 2015 by Patchelicious

[Wyatt Earp]

You need to remember that these guys sell service packages before the races and they have a heap of bikes that they need to attend to between each stage, those customers have prebooked that service and already paid for it.

 

There is so much demand for these packages that they work through the night many times, fixing the stuff that broke the day before and stock is not always at hand and therefore they need to ensure their contracted clients get the best service and must keep stock on hand first and then they would help others.

 

I am almost 100% sure that those guys would have helped if there was capacity to do so.

 

Perhaps for the next Sani2C, call your brand up and book one of these service packages, do they even offer it? If not call book with Spez, they will gladly offer you the same package, regardless of your brand.

I worked at 3 Sani's and an Epic with Specialized .

At Sani it gets insane, at the time all servicing was free except for parts.

Many nights we worked till around one or two am. on Specialized bikes only.

It was a marketing exercise and to be honest, any no branded Specialised bike was not anywhere near a priority, that is why there are other shops and mechanics there .

Edited January 24, 2015 by Wyatt Earp

[GoLefty!!]

When I needed a new front skewer I was so spoilt for choice in the southern suburbs I didn;t know which way to turn. Solved my own problem by looking in my box of "bought on special even though I had no use for it at the time" box and siedaar.....a set of skewers.

 

At W2W the Spaz boys were the only ones  who had a spare seat post for my pals Bulls Hardtail.

 

Not sure what that says about the post that are factory fitted to Spaz's though...

[Patchelicious]

I worked at 3 Sani's and an Epic with Specialized .

At Sani it gets insane, at the time all servicing was free except for parts.

Many nights we worked till around one or two am. on Specialized bikes only.

It was a marketing exercise and to be honest, any no branded Specialised bike was not anywhere near a priority, that is why there are other shops and mechanics there .

I had to book and pay for mine and my partners and he was on a Trek.

 

Your point is valid but it's still so cool that a brand would offer that free service to their loyal customers. Maybe the other big brand should do the same, or don't they appreciate their loyal customers.... That's actually a good point, are other brand cyclists as loyal to said brand as the Spez guys are to theirs. I know Cannondale seems to have a loyal following, but the others?

 

Back to the event. You guys must have incurred a cost, did Spez cover those costs?

 

If so then they can of course say their loyal customers must come first, after all the money used for that exercise would partly come from the sale of said bikes, hence the steep prices

 

So either I paid for a service and therefore my bike takes priority, or Spez covered the costs and therefore their bikes take priority.

 

Like I said, I'm sure you/those guys would have helped if there was capacity and you guys were sitting around drinking vanilla milks, but I've seen and appreciate how hard those dudes at the mechanic tents work.

 

If not, why the hell didn't you help the poor guy, sis man