masha":14h95j4t said:I like your thinking Skynet
I'll post Yeti up there as a starter for 10 then
What of Boulder bicycles, does anyone know if the are still going in the original form?
I'd like to rate Tom Ritchey's bikes as still up there - but I've no experience of what they are like today, but they guy is a legend in my book and his contribution to the industry has been extensive (and I'd love one of his mountain bikes still, it would have to be a retro one though in red/white/blue with Logic fork and components
syncrosfan":1gv9kxl0 said:I know that the current Ritchey frames are made in Taiwan, but they do look neat. I wonder how the quality is? I do love the Ritchey team colors.
FTW and Steve Potts still make frames so I would count them as still great, Moots are still making great bikes (even though their new Ti full susser is ugly as sin) Funk cycles are still around under their original owner, Rock Lobster is still around. Some brands I think are better today than they were back in the day, Scott for example. I never thought of their bikes as being desirable bitd. but since they jumped on the carbon bandwagon early, they do make some cutting edge bikes now. Cannondale had some ups and downs but I think they're going strong nowadays.