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    I use to work at a store that sold giant and I think the number is 70%.


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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by interloc View Post
    I use to work at a store that sold giant and I think the number is 70%.


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    I'm sure shops that sell giant love telling people that.
    There market share is no where near that big.

    Even if it was, that's like saying that a Carola is as nice as a Lexus LS400 because Toyota makes both.
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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by Soterios View Post
    I'm sure shops that sell giant love telling people that.
    There market share is no where near that big.
    That cat was out of the bag years ago...he's not dropping any bombshells...
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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by Soterios View Post
    There market share is no where near that big.
    You sure about that?

    "By 2007, Giant was the world’s largest bike
    manufacturer, turning over 5 million units a
    year with products sold at over 12,000 retail
    partners across 50 countries. Claiming
    80% of the global market share the Giant
    brand is synonymous for innovation,
    manufacturing expertise and a vision to
    inspire adventure in all riders, from casual
    to competitive."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soterios View Post
    I'm sure shops that sell giant love telling people that.
    There market share is no where near that big.

    Even if it was, that's like saying that a Carola is as nice as a Lexus LS400 because Toyota makes both.
    Giant manufactures frames for other companies. That how they started. They just made frames for people and then one day they were like " why don't we just make our own bikes ". And they did. It's a fact people.


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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by interloc View Post
    Giant manufactures frames for other companies. That how they started. They just made frames for people and then one day they were like " why don't we just make our own bikes ". And they did. It's a fact people.


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    Schwinn cutting ties and moving production to China was the biggest catalyst for Giant to start producing bikes with the "Giant" name on the downtube...yes Soterious, Giant actually made Schwinn bikes!

    Smart move by Schwinn as they eventually went bankrupt and Giant thrived...
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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by sho220 View Post
    Schwinn cutting ties and moving production to China was the biggest catalyst for Giant to start producing bikes with the "Giant" name on the downtube...yes Soterious, Giant actually made Schwinn bikes!

    Smart move by Schwinn as they eventually went bankrupt and Giant thrived...
    It's funny you keep making posts as if you're informing me of something new.

    You still never answered my question. (about bontrager) You just repeated yourself.
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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by Soterios View Post
    It's funny you keep making posts as if you're informing me of something new.

    You still never answered my question. (about bontrager) You just repeated yourself.
    Because it's a dumb question...depends on the particular component and your budget...I don't care about warranty because it's pretty much the same across the board...Are you really Keith Bontrager using an alias??? That would be awesome!!!
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    Re: Anyone in to biking?

    Quote Originally Posted by Soterios View Post
    It's funny you keep making posts as if you're informing me of something new.
    And that was a reply to interloc, not you...hence the "Originally posted by interloc" part. Interloc by the way made some nice parts...IRD, not the interloc posting here...reading comprehension is not your strong suit...
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