Interesting pinkbike article on ownership/purchase etc

[weeksy]

Quite US centric but covers a lot more usually.

https://m.pinkbike.com/news/pinkbike-au ... -ride.html



Currently:
Specialized: 10.44%
Santa Cruz: 9.37%
Trek: 6.78%
Other: 4.69%
Transition: 4.63%
Giant: 4.46%
Ibis: 3.97%
Yeti: 3.95%
Norco: 3.87%
Rocky Mountain: 3.56%
Commencal: 3.47%
YT Industries: 3.39%
Kona: 2.96%
Canyon: 2.53%
Pivot: 2.34%
Scott: 2.12%
Evil: 1.89%
Devinci: 1.44%
Orbea: 1.29%
Intense: 1.28%
Cannondale: 1.27%
Nukeproof: 1.09%
Banshee: 1.05%
Marin: 0.95%
Knolly: 0.87%
Salsa: 0.72%
Cube: 0.68%
Guerilla Gravity: 0.68%
Fobidden: 0.65%
Niner: 0.65%
Propain: 0.62%
GT: 0.56%
Polygon: 0.56%
Chromag: 0.53%
Mondraker: 0.52%
Vitus: 0.52%
Orange: 0.50%
Revel: 0.49%
Cotic: 0.47%
Whyte Bikes: 0.47%
Merida: 0.38%
Canfield: 0.36%
NS: 0.36%
Diamondback: 0.35%
Nicolai: 0.32%
Fezzari: 0.31%
Pole: 0.28%
Ragley: 0.26%
Lapierre: 0.25%
Ghost: 0.47%

What type of bike is your primary bike?

Fat bike: 0.48%
Cross country: 10.32%
Dirt jump / street / 4X: 1.03%
Downcountry: 4.45%
eMTB: 3.41%
Enduro / all mountain: 50.22%
Freeride / park: 1.43%
Trail: 26.22%
Downhill: 2.45%

Which brand of complete mountain bike will you likely purchase next? (Top 50 brands)

Other: 9.41%
Santa Cruz: 8.91%
Specialized: 8.34%
Transition: 6.55%
Commencal: 5.45%
Norco: 4.88%
Trek: 4.45%
Ibis: 3.94%
Canyon: 3.63%
Yeti: 3.28%
Pivot: 3.13%
YT Industries: 2.90%
Rocky Mountain: 2.89%
Evil: 2.27%
Scott: 1.85%
Propain: 1.84%
Nukeproof: 1.83%
Giant: 1.80%
Kona: 1.76%
Forbidden: 1.67%
Guerilla Gravity: 1.59%
Orbea: 1.27%
Devinci: 1.21%
Cannondale: 1.11%
Revel: 1.07%
Banshee: 0.84%
Marin: 0.72%
Intense: 0.62%
Knolly: 0.54%
Salsa: 0.50%
Cotic: 0.46%
Fezzari: 0.46%
Polygon: 0.44%
Raaw: 0.44%
Chromag: 0.40%
GT: 0.40%
Mondraker: 0.38%
Vitus: 0.37%
Cube: 0.36%
Orange: 0.35%
Canfield: 0.34%
Nicolai: 0.33%
Zerode: 0.33%
Niner: 0.30%
Juliana: 0.25%
Pole: 0.24%
Spot: 0.21%
Surly: 0.18%
Whyte Bikes: 0.18%
Merida: 0.17%

How much rear suspension does your current primary bike have?

It's a hardtail: 12.83%
Less than 100 mm: 1.16%
100mm - 119mm: 6.29%
120mm - 129mm: 8.57%
130mm - 139mm: 11.27%
140mm - 149mm: 15.19%
150mm - 160mm: 29.96%
161mm - 180mm: 12.04%%
180mm +: 2.68%

How would you classify your attitudes around e-mountain bikes?

They are amazing: 12.73%
Curious, but not ready buy one: 11.78%
I want one, but they are too expensive: 13.05%
Not for me, but understand the appeal: 28.62%
I'll buy one when I am older and can't keep up: 23.83%
They are horrible, I will never spend a dime on one: 7.23%
Other: 2.75%

[millemille]

I'm amazed that GT, one of the MTB founding companies and who were everywhere in the 90's, only have 0.56% market share!

I'd not read too much into the emtb related data and comments as the law regarding emtb's is different in the US to the UK/Europe and also differs markedly from state to state. In some states emtb's cannot share the same trails as normal emtb's and the environmental action groups out there have got a real bee in their bonnet about them and want them banned from national parks and the like.

[MingtheMerciless]

I think GT went down the wrong R&D path with their "idrive" concept and never really recovered from that. A shame as their single speed steel frames rode really well and a Peace 29er will sell for silly money on eBay "if" one ever appears.

The Americans are an odd lot, they have all that space and land and then don't let you ride or want you to ride in the wide open spaces. Though MTBers don't do themselves any favours, a few years ago there was an unofficial trail through a Marines training area, the Marines put up signs advising that they would not take any further cheeky riding which the MTBers ignored and then found themselves stopped at gunpoint and treated rather directly by a lot of shouty, well armed Marines and a direct trip to court and a huge fines and seized bikes.