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Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 06:13:17 No.1934163 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1934169 >>1934312 >>1934367 >>1934590 >>1934860 >>1934991 >>1936773 >>1940327 >>1944402 >>1944604 >>1946872

How are they able to pull such a good value on bikes? They have to cut corners somewhere right? Are their bikes built by children in Cambodia or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 06:23:20 No.1934164 Report

Quoted By: >>1934358 >>1934577 >>1934587

Idk their cheap bikes are pretty hideous, those of a superior price point are cool but if you have to spend the extra hundreds more it's just best going for a better brand just to avoid the decathlon shame

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 06:24:15 No.1934166 Report

Quoted By: >>1936766

microshit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 06:37:21 No.1934169 Report

Quoted By: >>1934339 >>1950004

>>1934163
>it's just best going for a better brand just to avoid the decathlon shame
Their bikes aren't branded Decathlon to avoid this situation. Nobody would want to pay 1,5k for a 'Decathlon' bike but a 'Rockrider'? Why not!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 14:08:09 No.1934297 Report

Quoted By: >>1946873

the bikes are built in India

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 15:22:58 No.1934312 Report

Quoted By: >>1936768

>>1934163
They buy in bulk, so pay less per unit. There's always a trade off when buying cheap mass produced anything, with bikes it's better to buy a quality low mileage used bike if you're looking for something that's going to last and hold, or even increase, its value.

You'll struggle to even give away a second hand decathlon bike, so any savings you think you're making on low price is wiped out by zero resale value.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 15:46:59 No.1934317 Report

Quoted By:

they sell other shit too
and if you think about it the parts of a bike can be produced cheaply
they are the equivalent to storebrand cookies or coke, its the same tier product that is cheap to get customers in and as they sell other stuff they might make more off of it.
plus theese stores here at least are huge with many customers but not much more wagies, so they can make less per customer and still be better off than a bike store.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 17:13:35 No.1934339 Report

Quoted By: >>1934579 >>1944654

>>1934169
Brands exist to at best distract and at worse outright lie to the consumer. All companies should sell their stuff under their real name, ie the one that figures on official documents. And if the company is publicly traded then it should sell under the name of the largest shareholder.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 18:04:01 No.1934358 Report

Quoted By: >>1934614 >>1941021

>>1934164
>it's just best going for a better brand just to avoid the decathlon shame
its best to spend an extra hundreds of dollars so you dont look poor? form > function

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 18:15:38 No.1934367 Report

Quoted By: >>1934391

>>1934163
>mfw my bike literally says "made in cambodia"

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 18:38:04 No.1934391 Report

Quoted By: >>1934393

>>1934367
>too poor for made in china

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jul 2023 18:42:12 No.1934393 Report

Quoted By: >>1934614 >>1937589

>>1934391
>Implying that something manufactured in China is more reliable than if it was made in another asian country
God I swear I would rather use stuff made in Laos or Myanmar rather than China

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 09:37:41 No.1934577 Report

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>>1934164
>it's just best going for a better brand just to avoid the decathlon shame
Truly fascinating to see the consoomer mindset at work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 09:40:14 No.1934579 Report

Quoted By: >>1934588

>>1934339
Selling under their real name would be a nice improvement, but please for the love of god stop plastering the company name on everything.
I hate how there's the name of the brand of the item on everything these days. On your socks. On your underwear. On your bike. On your seat. All in large obnoxious lettering. I don't want to be a living billboard for brands ffs. Let the design speak for itself rather than trying to let the marketing carry it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 11:29:28 No.1934587 Report

Quoted By: >>1934614

>>1934164
>but if you have to spend the extra hundreds more it's just best going for a better brand just to avoid the decathlon shame
I MUST CONSOOM

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 11:31:35 No.1934588 Report

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>>1934579
>buying clothes that have visible branding
There are plenty of clothes that don't have any. Underwear might be the hardest to find but who cares since that's not supposed to show anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 11:38:07 No.1934590 Report

Quoted By: >>1934598

>>1934163
>How are they able to pull such a good value on bikes? They have to cut corners somewhere right? Are their bikes built by children in Cambodia or something?
Made in Portugal, western educated people earning 700€ minimum wage. As productive as Germans, as cheap as Chinese... Something is fucking wrong in this country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 12:25:46 No.1934598 Report

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>>1934590
>Made in Portugal
Made, or assembled?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 14:02:05 No.1934614 Report

Quoted By: >>1934619 >>1934651 >>1934657 >>1934880 >>1949166

>>1934358
>>1934393
>>1934587
spending 1300€ at Decathlon for a MTB is retarded, you better off with a brand that doesn't make you look like the average Joe dumbfuck that buy from the first option available instead of looking into it and getting a brand with non shame attach to it, I know you fags are not in good faith but my reasoning is immaculate and your terminally online memer reaction is laughable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 14:39:03 No.1934619 Report

Quoted By: >>1936167

>>1934614
When you do proper research Decathlon bikes are the best value at this price point. With a renowned brand it won't be 200€ more, it will be twice the price for essentially the same thing. It only makes sense to not care about the price of you're a semi pro or a very passionate amateur that's ready to spend 5000+ into your bike just to have the best of the best. For everybody else Decathlon bikes are obviously the smart choice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 16:55:43 No.1934651 Report

Quoted By: >>1936167

>>1934614
>you better off with a brand that doesn't make you look like the average Joe dumbfuck that buy from the first option available instead of looking into it and getting a brand with non shame attach to it,
its best to spend an extra hundreds of dollars so you dont look poor? form > function

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 16:58:13 No.1934652 Report

Quoted By: >>1934656

if americans were cut off from cheap overseas bikes and had to buy bikes manufacutred (or remanufactured) in the usa, then maybe many less bikes would be getting tossed to the scrapyard

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 17:02:17 No.1934656 Report

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>>1934652
imagine kid turns 16 and his dad gets him an old beater 10speed and they spend the summer fixing it up together, lmao AMERICA!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 17:02:42 No.1934657 Report

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>>1934614
Nobody who isn't mentally ill recognizes a Decathlon bike, let alone judges the owner for it. The frame and wheels probably areof worse quality compared to the renowned manufacturers but the price makes up for it. And if you don't buy the cheapest ones you get Shimano brakes and shifters so no issues there

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 17:44:27 No.1934667 Report

Quoted By: >>1934933

Decathlon bikes are heavy.
Except Van rysel but they have very boring colours.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jul 2023 12:32:01 No.1934860 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934163
superior french touch

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Jul 2023 15:24:16 No.1934880 Report

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>>1934614
Can I have your insta @, good goy? I have hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ridiculously priced and heavily marketed branded goods to sell to easily manipulated idiots, I mean "status-conscious and aspirationally-minded individuals," like you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Jul 2023 20:50:14 No.1934933 Report

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>>1934667
As much as boring colours are, well, boring, it means nothing in the face of riding a heavy bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Jul 2023 23:33:26 No.1934991 Report

Quoted By: >>1935006 >>1935192 >>1937838 >>1938824

>>1934163
Are you referring to the list prices or the "oh shit no one wants to pay $1200 for a decathlon bike we need to cut the price in half" prices?

https://www.decathlon.com/products/rc-120-disc-326838
https://www.decathlon.com/products/triban-rc-500-disc-road-bike-306241
>$900/$500 for microshit/promax mix 8 speed, $1200/$700 for sora/microshit/promax mix 9 speed
>all other components "Triban" branded, aka generic chinkshit
>almost 25 pounds
Even the clearance prices are barely reasonable

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 00:57:57 No.1935006 Report

Quoted By: >>1935086

>>1934991
What's wrong with Microshift. I went from a $300 single speed directly to Shimano 105 latest gen so I have no experience with anything else. Is it really that bad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 02:28:01 No.1935024 Report

Quoted By: >>1935029 >>1935041

What decathlon bike I should by, I want to install an electric engine to it later

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Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 02:48:10 No.1935029 Report

Quoted By: >>1935041 >>1935179

>>1935024
>I want to install an electric engine to it later
What don't you buy one with an engine already instead of creating a fire hazard?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 04:19:06 No.1935041 Report

Quoted By:

>>1935024
for a mid drive any bike any brand with a 1x chainring up front will be easiest to convert with best odds of having good chainline.

>>1935029
2k euro for 250w motor with no throttle is not very good but that bike looks decent if you don't want a project to tinker on or if that's all you're legally allowed. you might end up fucked later if you need a replacement battery and they've discontinued that form factor.
>fire hazard
cheapo batteries are the fire hazard. avoid unit pack power brand batteries or anything off ebay wrapped in blue shrink. em3ev batteries have a good reputation. their packs have multiple fuses or even fuses on each individual cell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNfTEHBz_bg

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 11:30:19 No.1935086 Report

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>>1935006
I found their shifters a bit rubbish but the derailleurs are 10/10, awesome clutches

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 20:26:12 No.1935179 Report

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Nice prices
>>1935029
So I buy the top one and install Chinese 1000W engine for 800€

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 21:06:19 No.1935192 Report

Quoted By: >>1936770

>>1934991
I bought the winter edition of the rc500 with 11sp 105 and fenders for 1k for comute. also gravelnif I feel like it
it's reasonable these days I guess if you count on how good and fast their warranty works
what's a better deal than that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 05:17:48 No.1936167 Report

Quoted By: >>1936189

>>1934619
>>1934651
What about resell value? Decathlon will probably devalue much faster than a Trek, Merida or whatever.

I usually just buy used bikes, improve them in some way, get bored of them and sell them

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 07:03:47 No.1936189 Report

Quoted By: >>1937592

>>1936167
>buying bikes for resell value
lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 09:35:28 No.1936205 Report

Quoted By: >>1936210

Wait, there are decathlons in the US? I thought they were a European thing?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 10:32:08 No.1936210 Report

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>>1936205
There aren't many Americans on this board. Too fat to ride a bike anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 12:15:57 No.1936226 Report

Quoted By: >>1940398

>Riverside 120
Let me guess, you NEED more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 08:41:16 No.1936766 Report

Quoted By: >>1940273 >>1949877

>>1934166
it just works, what else do you need?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 08:51:19 No.1936768 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934312
>muh resell value
good thing I plan on using my bike to failure then

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 08:54:22 No.1936770 Report

Quoted By:

>>1935192
>what's a better deal than that?
The RC520 unironically

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 09:29:27 No.1936773 Report

Quoted By: >>1936775 >>1936776 >>1936784 >>1937588

>>1934163
>How are they able to pull such a good value on bikes? They have to cut corners somewhere right? Are their bikes built by children in Cambodia or something?

Same tricks direct sellers like Bikesdirect use. Anything not named is crappy eg, wheelsets handlebars, seatposts. Their lowest end is into BSO territory . You get what you pay for with zero brand premium. The very lowest rung of bike store bikes are much higher than the lowest rung of B'twin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 09:45:04 No.1936775 Report

Quoted By: >>1936776

>>1936773
We're not talking about the BSO levels, we are talking about the good value pieces. But you are right on the not named stuff especially those damn Formula hub wheels literally every seller gives even on their highest tier bikes, Trek, Cannondale, Merida, Giant etc...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 09:46:41 No.1936776 Report

Quoted By: >>1937588 >>1938819

>>1936773
>>1936775
And the FSA cranksets on the full priced $5k carbon bikes, don't pretend they're not real

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 10:48:42 No.1936784 Report

Quoted By:

>>1936773
>BSO
Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 19:16:16 No.1937531 Report

Quoted By: >>1937735 >>1937737 >>1937897 >>1938817 >>1939053 >>1939507

I'm considering getting this for getting out around the back roads in Scotland. I don't want to spend more than £1,000 on a gravel bike and don't fancy a road bike either.

Does anyone know if it's any good?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 21:44:35 No.1937588 Report

Quoted By: >>1944601

>>1936773
>>1936776
Show me another bike that's even in the same realm in terms of aero, comes with Zipp 404s or comparable wheels and Force AXS for the same price. And then tell me what better parts you need than on the Van Rysel RCR Force AXS.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 21:44:51 No.1937589 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934393
China has orders of magnitude more industrial infrastructure than Myanmar lmao, I'm going with China. Economies of scale

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 21:49:59 No.1937592 Report

Quoted By:

>>1936189
>buying depreciated chinkshit

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Aug 2023 07:13:09 No.1937735 Report

Quoted By:

>>1937531
I dont know anything about the dic brakes but I can tell you the rest of the bike is fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Aug 2023 07:27:03 No.1937737 Report

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>>1937531
Get the RC500 instead and put bigger tires on for your gravel pleasures, it's the same frame. Bigger gearing range for the same money

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Aug 2023 14:56:26 No.1937838 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934991
lets see a better deal then

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Aug 2023 16:26:31 No.1937897 Report

Quoted By: >>1939373

>>1937531
RC120 has the derailleur hanger as part of the frame, that is a big problem because it damages the frame if it gets bent. RC520 has a replaceable hanger piece that is designed to be weaker than the frame protecting it in an oopsie bender

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 15:13:39 No.1938789 Report

Quoted By: >>1938821 >>1938853

I got the decathlon single speed. The frame and the wheels seem good for the price. Every single part of the drive train is complete and total garbage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:00:19 No.1938817 Report

Quoted By: >>1938915

>>1937531
>Does anyone know if it's any good?

>1x meme which is fine in itself, but not a proper narrow-wide, just a random SQUARE TAPER city bike crankset
>cable brakes
>microshift

what you actually want for that, if you will excuse the meme, is a rigid 90s MTB with slicks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:02:44 No.1938819 Report

Quoted By: >>1938820 >>1939000

>>1936776
FSA is BSO shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:04:35 No.1938820 Report

Quoted By: >>1938823 >>1938992 >>1939000

>>1938819
Fsa works on my machine. Have they gotten that bad in the last decade?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:04:53 No.1938821 Report

Quoted By: >>1939228

>>1938789
>Every single part of the drive train is complete and total garbage.
>single speed.
wow... that's not even easy to fuck up

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:06:28 No.1938823 Report

Quoted By: >>1938831

>>1938820
it's just kind of uncanny valley, like Truvativ. both scream "BSO" to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:09:11 No.1938824 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934991
£25? shit that is a pretty good deal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:23:21 No.1938831 Report

Quoted By: >>1938994

>>1938823
Really? I have taken truvativ hussefelt stuff down double blacks on my hardtail at northstar.
I weighed 200lbs or so at the time but am not a fast racer.
Still, I like their stuff and the nod to the hussefelt stone in strongman.
Some truvativ descendant cranks came on a bike and those are fine too.

Is BSO bottom shit only? I am getting old so I don't know the lingo

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 18:30:17 No.1938853 Report

Quoted By: >>1939228

>>1938789
how?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 22:43:30 No.1938915 Report

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>>1938817
This, it fucking bullshit. I bought one of these things and I ended up putting a grx crankset on. If I would have k ow about aliexpress parts at the time I would have put those on. I bought ali hy/rd knockoffs as well lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2023 09:48:12 No.1938992 Report

Quoted By: >>1939000 >>1939008

>>1938820
They are fine and could be good if it wasn't for the cashgrab profit driven policy of putting shit bearings on thinner-than-needed axles on the crankset, hence the FSA is shit meme. Replace with Shimano monoblock BB and you have a good crankset. If you are a weight weenie then it is a different story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2023 09:50:40 No.1938994 Report

Quoted By: >>1939008

>>1938831
BSO is Bike Shaped Object. Looks like a bike, works like a bike but in fact is not a bike but utter disgusting crap.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2023 11:09:39 No.1939000 Report

Quoted By: >>1939008

>>1938992
>>1938819
>>1938820
Also it's not like they've been the only ones to put FSA crnaks on bikes. Especially Shimano cranks were unobtanium for a while and many brands were selling new bikes with Rotor or FSA cranks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2023 12:11:59 No.1939008 Report

Quoted By:

>>1938994
okay, thank you for helping me with the terms.
>>1938992
Maybe I am just lucky so far or my mid 2010's stuff is old enough it's not shit.
If anything I am impressed with my truvativ dh BB. The bearings are shot outside of the bike, but in the cups +bike they do fine.
>>1939000
checked, all my shit is ancient so I suspect it was just like usual if the bike was sram specced it got truvativ parts for a better deal.
Speaking of brands my raceface stuff has been alright too. Came OE on the rocky mountains and hasn't let me down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2023 16:12:50 No.1939053 Report

Quoted By:

>>1937531
i have the normal road version
whats the tyre clearance on this
why did they put the retarded rc100 crank on this

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Aug 2023 09:51:55 No.1939228 Report

Quoted By:

>>1938821
It's made correctly. It's just extremely cheap mystery metal.
>>1938853
It started squeaking on me and I replaced the bottom bracket. The cups on it are made of plastic. It still squeaks with a new one and a new shitty decathlon chain. I'm guessing the chainring is deformed. The chain tension at this point is too loose and then you rotate the cranks a little bit and it's also too tight. The chainring can't be changed either. I'll need to replace the cranks with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Aug 2023 18:30:25 No.1939373 Report

Quoted By:

>>1937897
what about the rc500?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 01:26:31 No.1939507 Report

Quoted By: >>1939508 >>1939900

>>1937531
I bought this bike before covid craze, when it was much cheaper. It's fine for daily commute, however today, for the price, I would wait and buy something better & more expensive.
Microshit shifters are completly fine. Brakes are mechanical and pretty bad. Derailleur hanger is the weak spot, you will bend it eventually. Oldstyle crank. I had to replace rear tire, they are not great for bikepacking if you are 110+kg yourself (I'm 195cm). Not worth the money today imo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 01:28:16 No.1939508 Report

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>>1939507
I meant rear wheel, not tire

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Aug 2023 01:59:22 No.1939900 Report

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>>1939507
>Derailleur hanger is the weak spot, you will bend it eventually.
Isn't it aluminum? I thought it would break instead of bend.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Aug 2023 05:17:51 No.1940273 Report

Quoted By: >>1940395

>>1936766
STI

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Aug 2023 11:16:42 No.1940327 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934163
brb checking my years old b'twin riverside 120 for any signs of its manufacturing origin

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Aug 2023 16:45:38 No.1940395 Report

Quoted By:

>>1940273
>sexually transmitted infection
no thank you

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Aug 2023 16:53:19 No.1940398 Report

Quoted By:

>>1936226
let's do an experient.
i'll get my TR11, you get your Riverside 120. i'll pay for both of us to go to the lift park and we ride only black trails and jump lines all day. sound good?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Aug 2023 18:30:59 No.1941021 Report

Quoted By: >>1941178

>>1934358
If you beat people while you're riding a decathlon bike then they're the ones who will feel ashamed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Aug 2023 06:02:17 No.1941178 Report

Quoted By: >>1944601

>>1941021
Nobody buy such a bike to be competitive anyway. It will be true with decathlon and with the similar more expensive options.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Aug 2023 05:45:16 No.1944402 Report

Quoted By: >>1944601

>>1934163
They seem top be the only manufacturer to have figured out economies of scale and not scamming customers with unnecessary vaporware

It was about time someone did it

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 30 Aug 2023 04:49:02 No.1944601 Report

Quoted By:

>>1944402
They said the same thing about Canyon once.

>>1941178
>>1937588
Van Rysel is absolutely going to get a brand premium or it's going to be shut down. They're supplying Cofidis WT.

zeze

zeze Wed 30 Aug 2023 05:19:01 No.1944604 Report

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>>1934163
I have no clue, but damn their bikes are good. I'm not quite demanding, but the riverside 120 is a good bike. I'd recommend the riverside 500 because that one has shocks, so you wouldn't be railed by the chair seat everytime you hit a

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 30 Aug 2023 13:01:51 No.1944654 Report

Quoted By: >>1949083

>>1934339
It would be a bit confusing to the consumer when 80% of the items they want to purchase are called “CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM”

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Sep 2023 23:16:34 No.1946872 Report

Quoted By: >>1949387

>>1934163
they're manufactured in Portugal (https://rte.pt: 1.3 mil bikes/year, 10% of new bike market in Europe)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Sep 2023 23:17:40 No.1946873 Report

Quoted By:

>>1934297
no

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Sep 2023 09:00:34 No.1949083 Report

Quoted By:

>>1944654
Don't want a gay retarded name on your product? Don't take money from gay retarded investors.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Sep 2023 10:29:57 No.1949098 Report

Quoted By:

They are the largest sports chain in the world with the greatest negotiating power with suppliers and so get the best prices.

Also they switched their lower end to Microshift because Shimano would would not meet their demands on prices. Expect Shimano to cave in to their demands now that the bike scarcity is ending.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Sep 2023 17:57:45 No.1949166 Report

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>>1934614
What exactly is the problem with 'buying the first best thing', how is that worse compared to obsessing about products and brands in almost autistic fashion for hours and hours before making the oh so well informed decision to buy at a premium at some hardly known boutique where experience with the product they are selling is limited to the 5 bikes on the road (of which 4 are hanging on a wall) ?
I LOVE how, every morning, I get to see a few people who didnt buy the newest latest meme fat tired e-'bike' but instead just grabbed whatever they could grab and got out there to actually cycle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 16:41:22 No.1949387 Report

Quoted By: >>1949688 >>1949909

>>1946872
>they're manufactured in Portugal (https://rte.pt: 1.3 mil bikes/year, 10% of new bike market in Europe)
Do you have a source for that claim? I don't think that's true.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 23:18:32 No.1949688 Report

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>>1949387
Portugal and France are the main manufacturing except for clothing

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 02:50:15 No.1949724 Report

Quoted By: >>1949835 >>1949840

What should I work on if I'm upgrading from my rc520 and I want a more aggressive road bike that can handle bad cracky roads.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 17:04:14 No.1949835 Report

Quoted By: >>1949858 >>1951810 >>1951854

>>1949724
You will need a Redshift stem for those roads

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 17:44:09 No.1949840 Report

Quoted By: >>1949858

>>1949724
If you mean upgrading your bike I would go with wider tires and a seat that fits you perfectly. Also cycling shorts.
Wider tires allow you to run a lower pressure+give more cushion over bad oads
Comfy seat(that fits) helps your taint deal with bad roads
Cycling shorts help the comfy seat, but are not required.

Do the tires first if you can fit 32's or 35's(looks like it has 28's stock).

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 19:38:19 No.1949858 Report

Quoted By: >>1949923 >>1949985

>>1949840
>>1949835
Ah I meant buying a new bike, was gonna convert the rc520 into a gravel with wider tyres.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 20:48:17 No.1949877 Report

Quoted By: >>1950103

>>1936766
But for how long?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 22:39:44 No.1949909 Report

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>>1949387
it's literally on the linked site, you absolute retard
another supplier is https://ajmaias.pt with 400k/yr

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 23:40:29 No.1949923 Report

Quoted By: >>1949961

>>1949858
>more agressive road bike that can handle bad roads
uhhh generally those are dissimilar things.
Usually you either get more agressive with a TT, or track bike. Where as for bad roads you get a gravel, cx, or mountain bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:20:54 No.1949961 Report

Quoted By: >>1949981 >>1949985

>>1949923
FUCK. I wanna go supper aggressive but my God the roads here.... Fucking ass garbage titties.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 04:35:03 No.1949981 Report

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>>1949961
Temporarily you could lower your stem+bars and get some add on time trial bars to see how it is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 05:02:41 No.1949985 Report

Quoted By: >>1951810 >>1951854

>>1949858
>>1949961
You will still need the redshift stem on the new bike

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 08:16:54 No.1950004 Report

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>>1934169
My dad bought me a Rockrider when I was 12 and it lasted 10+ years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 19:39:38 No.1950103 Report

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>>1949877
Idk, I'll let you know when it fails

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 13:10:06 No.1951788 Report

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their brands don't need to spend tens of millions in sponsorships

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 15:53:46 No.1951805 Report

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decathlon has gone to shit ever since 2019

>no more roadbikes you can touch or ride
>no more mountain bikes you can touch or ride
>no more city bikes you can touch or ride
>you can only order online
>everything is always out of stock

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 16:14:09 No.1951810 Report

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>>1949835
>>1949985
>t. Fred

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 18:56:06 No.1951854 Report

Quoted By: >>1952735

>>1949985
>>1949835
>elastomer stems
jesus christ that's still a thing?

t. had a cutting edge $2500 mtb in like 1999

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 14:40:13 No.1952735 Report

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>>1951854
It is different, you don't want MTB levels of bump absorption. We don't do jumps or go through gnarly rocky trails.
What is needed is to take off the edge of small bumps on a gravel or hard pack dirt road. Anything else is overcomplicated heavy ass bullshit and elastomers are light and do the job well.

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