Race Face Close
godihatehills
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is this for real or a wind up ?
how the hell can a company with so much history, so many riders, so much support and such a strong brand go under- this has got to be some serious mismanagement!?
how the hell can a company with so much history, so many riders, so much support and such a strong brand go under- this has got to be some serious mismanagement!?
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HA !!!!! wind up my ass0
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I'd rather not.godihatehills wrote:HA !!!!! wind up my ass0 -
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Hoping this is wrong but assured by a Canadian friend it's for real :-(
http://www.nsmb.com/4228-race-face-shuts-its-doors0 -
I wonder if they'll sell the brand and someone else takes over manufacture. Would be sad to see it die completely.0
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If they don't i'm loking forward to them selling off all their stuff nice and cheap...
*reality check*
No its raceface isn't it... prices will probably increase.0 -
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I loved Raceface products before i had an accident in 98 only to return to mtb last year and see they were still a brand leader. It's sad to see them go What if your dreams and fears existed in the same place? What if to get to heaven, you had to brave hell? What if everything you've ever wanted cost you everything you've ever achieved? Would you still go there?0 -
Muttly1981 wrote: I loved Raceface products before i had an accident in 98 only to return to mtb last year and see they were still a brand leader. It's sad to see them go
This^
Similarly I remember drewling over their kit in magazines when I started out.
Get to a stage when you can afford it all and they go pop....Very sad.
The Japanese giants move one step closer to world domination.0 -
The Northern Monkey wrote:If they don't i'm loking forward to them selling off all their stuff nice and cheap...
*reality check*
No its raceface isn't it... prices will probably increase.
I was looking for a new bar/stem combo and ended up ordering the Atlas AM bar and stem from wiggle. The price looked stupidly low (it was OEM with no packaging) totalling £57 for both, brand new!!!! I instantly fell in love with the look, feel and quality of them and was looking forward to adding the same combo on my HT but sadly wiggle no longer stock either I'm now keeping an eye out for any more offers after hearing the news 0 -
Fenred wrote:Get to a stage when you can afford it all and they go pop....Very sad.
The Japanese giants move one step closer to world domination.
I know what you mean - I finally treated myself to Atlas and Diabolous shiny red parts recently. So I've now got lifetime warranties from a company that may be gone ! (it doesn't matter, they won't break...)
Apart from Shimano, which threat are you saying is from Japan though ? And Shimano isn't a threat is it ? I mean they haven't done anything evil have they ? There was always room for RaceFace parts amongst all the complete groupsets. RaceFace managed OK like that for ages...0 -
Oh, and in the absence of RaceFace's website (which went offline on Wednesday night - a few hours after I'd been looking at it !! ) you can get most RaceFace component info and manuals from Silverfish's excellent website.0
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I probably got one of the last of the Atlas AM stems :P. Was a bargain price.CharlieH wrote:I was looking for a new bar/stem combo and ended up ordering the Atlas AM bar and stem from wiggle. The price looked stupidly low (it was OEM with no packaging) totalling £57 for both, brand new!!!! I instantly fell in love with the look, feel and quality of them and was looking forward to adding the same combo on my HT but sadly wiggle no longer stock either I'm now keeping an eye out for any more offers after hearing the news0
