Do Shimano really dominate that much?

bompington
bompington Posts: 7,674
edited September 2015 in Road general
Reading a news article just now (on the Japanese economy) they quoted as an example that 99% of all bikes have a shimano derailleur.

Is that actually true? Anyone know what the market shares for Shim, Sram & Camp are?

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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    If they're talking about bike shaped objects - I'd suspect Shimano would be a lot more dominant than Campag or Sram. As far as I know - thats not their market.

    99% though ? Prob not.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    99% of all bikes in the world - or at least those that have gears. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if that's true.

    If you drill down to road bikes of purchase price of >£500 then the picture probably looks different.
  • Ber Nard
    Ber Nard Posts: 827
    More believable when you think BSOs, MTBs, children's bikes and hybrids probably account for a massive share of bicycle sales and Campag don't cater for them at all. Don't think many people would spec Campag or SRAM on a tourer, either.
  • nbalcombe
    nbalcombe Posts: 87
    Of the 7 bikes in my shed, 5 have shimano, 1 has campag and 1 is a fixie. So that sort of confirms the argument.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,347
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19694425#p19694425]nbalcombe[/url] wrote:
    Of the 7 bikes in my shed, 5 have shimano, 1 has campag and 1 is a fixie. So that sort of confirms the argument.
    Approximately 71.4%, 14.3% & 14.3%?
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