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[Ruben101]

3 minutes ago, Titan Racing Bikes said:

Born and raised in Cape Town. 👌

We have since grown and as life has taken us on various paths we find ourselves a little bit more scattered around the world these days. But our offices are in South Africa and we're proud to say so. 

Okay. Your new 2024 bikes(cerberus, skyrim and dc cypher)were being sold in Russia middle to end of 2023 already. These same bikes were only launched locally a month or two ago? 

[Headshot]

19 hours ago, Ruben Hechter said:

Okay. Your new 2024 bikes(cerberus, skyrim and dc cypher)were being sold in Russia middle to end of 2023 already. These same bikes were only launched locally a month or two ago? 

Wow, you poured cold water on that interaction 🙂 

[Ruben101]

9 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Wow, you poured cold water on that interaction 🙂 

My intention was not to be aggressive, I apologize if it came out that way. Just curious about the situation. 

[Shebeen]

19 hours ago, Ruben Hechter said:

Okay. Your new 2024 bikes(cerberus, skyrim and dc cypher)were being sold in Russia middle to end of 2023 already. These same bikes were only launched locally a month or two ago? 

 

I'm most interested in how you knew they were there?

* Where you shopping for a mail order bride and clicked on a link?

[BaGearA]

If i had to stop buying from suppliers who's products are sold in Russia and Ukraine and alike the engineering co i work for that's been operating since before i was born would probably fold before September.

 

How a product ends up somewhere and what happens in that geographic position on a random planet that's capable of sustainable life doesn't make the brand less of a brand.

 

Ludicrous way to try and force political correctness on a Bicycle discussion 

[Shebeen]

35 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

If i had to stop buying from suppliers who's products are sold in Russia and Ukraine and alike the engineering co i work for that's been operating since before i was born would probably fold before September.

 

How a product ends up somewhere and what happens in that geographic position on a random planet that's capable of sustainable life doesn't make the brand less of a brand.

 

Ludicrous way to try and force political correctness on a Bicycle discussion 

You also bought a Russian mail order bride?

[BaGearA]

35 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

You also bought a Russian mail order bride?

I don't have an account there and my superior wasn't willing to borrow his credit card 🥷

[splat]

On 4/24/2024 at 10:41 AM, DieselnDust said:

Oh yes this is potentially an industry saviour but I wasn’t referring to this. I was referring the rapidly growing middle class in China that is quite brand conscious and looks to spend on brands like Pinarello, Colnago, Look , Parlee etc. That volume is keeping those boutique brands going. 
we established brands like rolls Royce , Ferrari , are making money hand over fist becssue while a recession is happening , the rich are immune and profit off of that recession. High prices bicycles are targeting those wallets but that’s a highly competitive market. 
 

And Passoni:

https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/desire-journal/passoni-year-of-the-dragon-modern-italian-craftsmanship-meets-ancient-chinese-art

[splat]

On 4/24/2024 at 9:23 AM, splat said:

In other news, Colnago is heading in the other direction:

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/the-pogacar-premium-colnago-bucks-the-market-trend-and-triples-turnover-in-three-years/

Anyone want to hazard a guess on the price tag ?
I'm pretty sure it'll make the S-Works seem quite ordinary...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Y4RTBOF-k/

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, Shebeen said:

You also bought a Russian mail order bride?

eeeeeeer and whats wrong with importing refugeees......?! huh?

[DJuice]

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2024/04/30/amer-sports-sells-enve-composites-utah-group

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, DJuice said:

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2024/04/30/amer-sports-sells-enve-composites-utah-group

Enve seems to be passed around a lot. This is the 3rd sale to a different investor since inception? That’s got to be some sort of record

[droo]

On 4/29/2024 at 6:24 PM, Ruben Hechter said:

Okay. Your new 2024 bikes(cerberus, skyrim and dc cypher)were being sold in Russia middle to end of 2023 already. These same bikes were only launched locally a month or two ago? 

We're going to need some sources here I reckon...

[splat]

On 4/30/2024 at 10:51 PM, DieselnDust said:

Enve seems to be passed around a lot. This is the 3rd sale to a different investor since inception? That’s got to be some sort of record

There's a joke about the village bicycle in there somewhere 

[Danger Dassie]

On 4/30/2024 at 5:23 PM, BaGearA said:

If i had to stop buying from suppliers who's products are sold in Russia and Ukraine and alike the engineering co i work for that's been operating since before i was born would probably fold before September.

 

How a product ends up somewhere and what happens in that geographic position on a random planet that's capable of sustainable life doesn't make the brand less of a brand.

 

Ludicrous way to try and force political correctness on a Bicycle discussion 

Literally, no one raised the issue of the war there currently. What's ludicrous is to read any kind of PC forcing into what was a bicycle discussion relevant question. 

The bike was released locally, someone claims they saw it in another market, which happened to Russia, prior to the local launch. That is the question. Take a breath. 

Keeping things on topic, the most likely answer is that Ruben could have seen an online 'ad' using pics, which in all likelihood was a scam/phishing site of sorts.

[Scott roy]

2 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Literally, no one raised the issue of the war there currently. What's ludicrous is to read any kind of PC forcing into what was a bicycle discussion relevant question. 

The bike was released locally, someone claims they saw it in another market, which happened to Russia, prior to the local launch. That is the question. Take a breath. 

Keeping things on topic, the most likely answer is that Ruben could have seen an online 'ad' using pics, which in all likelihood was a scam/phishing site of sorts.

Titan do have a distributor there so it’s very possible.