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newtonk · 2018-02-21T10:27:14+00:00

Interesting thread on twitter about who makes some of your favorite cycling brands (and what else they supply)... https://twitter.com/Naparstek/status/966155919494086656

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February 21, 2018 at 10:27 am #28165

newtonk

Interesting thread on twitter about who makes some of your favorite cycling brands (and what else they supply)…

https://twitter.com/Naparstek/status/966155919494086656
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February 23, 2018 at 3:09 am #912941
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DrG82

This company isn’t alone,
This company isn’t alone, check out the parent company behind Black Diamond equipment (originally proper hippie climber types) and POC equipment, you guessed it, a major bullet manufacturer.

February 23, 2018 at 3:02 am #912939
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dottigirl

No more Bolle glasses for me.

No more Bolle glasses for me.

Never liked my Giro helmet anyway.

February 22, 2018 at 8:38 am #912937
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davel

Ouch, I’ve got some peachy
Ouch, I’ve got some peachy Giro shoes.

But the circle I’m having trouble squaring is how two of the biggest helmet brands, which will have been formed out of good intentions and peace and goodwill to all cyclists and protecting the cyclists’ precious heads and for the freedom of the cyclists and evidence and love and everything…

are owned by a parent company that is so misanthropic that it funds the NRA bigly and files its financial reports with comments bemoaning changing appetites for its products.

February 22, 2018 at 12:05 am #912935
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fenix

No more Giro helmets for me.
No more Giro helmets for me.

February 21, 2018 at 11:15 pm #912933
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fukawitribe

Amen DJ…
Amen DJ…

February 21, 2018 at 10:26 pm #912931
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Leviathan

This guy was an arms dealer.

This guy was an arms dealer. Made his bank selling weapons to the bad guys… and the good. Let me learn you something big. It’s all a machine, partner. Live free, don’t join.

February 21, 2018 at 2:51 pm #912929
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Canyon48

Hardly surprising.

Hardly surprising.

Lots of companies are owned by much larger companies (who own lots of other companies). Those larger companies are often registered in tax havens aswell.
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