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In France a lot of riders' dream is to ride an american bike... But, in The States, do you buy european bikes ? Does anyone know Vario Bikes ?

 

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In France a lot of riders' dream is to ride an american bike... But, in The States, do you buy european bikes ? Does anyone know Vario Bikes ?

I am in Canada, and I have heard of Vario, but have never seen one here on the shore. To much $hit gets broken to justify purchasing from overseas. Need parts availability ASAP.

Which is why I went with www.knollybikes.com ! If something busts I will start crying "Knolly I need help!!!!"

There is already so much competition in the north american market right now, and quite a number of large players that it is difficult for newcomers to get in. Orange is kind of making it work, but they are still relatively rare.

 

[derby]

mtb innovation from europe?

In France a lot of riders' dream is to ride an american bike... But, in The States, do you buy european bikes ? Does anyone know Vario Bikes ?

To my knowledge only the Brit, Jon Whyte has produce any non-US designed innovative or exotic design in mountain bikes. I'm not sure if a Brit would be considered European.

Seems like the best euro bikes are Horst link style or monopivot. The Vario bikes look like a monopivot with some unique shock linkage, but not really exotic compared to the real innovations by Whyte or US designers Horst Leitner and Dave Weagle.

- ray