I often wonder what are the most popular brands of gear and bike models on any given day at Whistler bike park. So, on Wednesday, July 18, I packed up the pen and paper, picked up a helper and hit up the lift line up for 6.5 hours to tally bikes and scour them for parts. We did 100 riders at a time for each item covered, skipped over rental bikes and really felt that we got a great capture of what real riders are using in the world's most famous bike park. This is just a snapshot of what we saw on that particular day, but it's really interesting to see what folks are spending their hard earned dollars on. We covered the following items: frames, forks, shocks, helmets, Neck braces (wearing or not), tires, saddles, handlebars, brakes, rear derailleurs, pedals and shoes.
- Tyler Maine 
| Specialized Demo 8 (All Models) | 15% |
| Transition TR450 | 6% |
| Giant Glory (All Models) | 6% |
| Devinci Wilson (All Models) | 6% |
| Santa Cruz Carbon V10 | 5% |
| Trek Session 8 | 5% |
| Kona Operator | 4% |
| Transition TR250 | 3% |
| Iron Horse Sunday | 3% |
| Turner DHR | 3% |
| Nuke Proof Scalp | 3% |
| Rocky Mountain Flatline | 3% |
| Norco Aurum | 3% |
| Cove Shocker | 3% |
| Intense M9 | 3% |
| Specialized SX | 2% |
| Pivot Phoenix | 2% |
| Xprezzo Furax | 2% |
| Norco Team DH | 2% |
| Trek Session 9.9 | 2% |
| Intense 951 | 2% |
| Orange 224 | 2% |
| Orange Five | 2% |
| Scott Voltage | 1% |
| Scott Gambler | 1% |
| Empire AP-1 | 1% |
| Intense Socom | 1% |
| Saracen Myst | 1% |
| Yeti 303 | 1% |
| Giant Faith | 1% |
| Knolly Podium | 1% |
| Evil Undead | 1% |
| Evil Revolt | 1% |
| Commencal Supreme V3 | 1% |
| Orange Big T | 1% |
| Labyrinth Minotaur | 1% |
Forks:
| Fox 40 (All Models) | 39% |
| RockShox Boxxer (All Models) | 34% |
| Marzocchi 888 (All Models) | 7% |
| Fox 36 (All Models) | 5% |
| RockShox Lyric (All Models) | 4% |
| RockShox Totem (All Models) | 2% |
| RockShox Domain | 2% |
| Marzocchi 66 | 2% |
| BOS (All Models) | 2% |
| Marzocchi Super T | 1% |
| Marzocchi Monster T | 1% |
| Suntour WERX | 1% |
Rear Shocks:
| Fox RC4 | 42% |
| Fox Van RC | 12% |
| Cane Creek | 11% |
| RockShox Vivid Coil | 10% |
| Fox DHX 5.0 | 6% |
| Fox DHX 3.0 | 4% |
| RockShox Vivid Air | 3% |
| Marzocchi ROCO | 3% |
| X Fusion Vector HLR (All Models) | 3% |
| Progressive 5th Element | 2% |
| Elka | 2% |
| BOS | 1% |
| Fox RP23 | 1% |
Helmets:
| Troy Lee Designs D3 | 24% |
| Troy Lee Designs D2 | 13% |
| 661 Evolution | 11% |
| Giro Remedy | 9% |
| Protec | 7% |
| Urge Down O Matic | 7% |
| Fox Rampage | 5% |
| THE | 4% |
| Bell Drop | 4% |
| Fox V3R | 2% |
| Bell Moto 9 | 2% |
| POC Cortex | 2% |
| Fly (Moto) | 2% |
| Bell Ballistic | 1% |
| Specialized Deviant | 1% |
| Mace | 1% |
| Troy Lee Designs (Moto) | 1% |
| MET | 1% |
| Blue Grass | 1% |
| Kali | 1% |
| Suomy | 1% |
Neck Braces (wearing one or not):
Tires (200 tires were counted, so each % is 2 tires):
| Maxxis Minion DHF | 52% |
| Maxxis High Roller | 12% |
| Specialized Butcher DH | 8% |
| Maxxis High Roller 2 | 6% |
| Kenda Nevegal | 4% |
| Bontrager G4 | 4% |
| Maxxis Minion DHR | 4% |
| Specialized Clutch | 2% |
| Continental Der Baron | 1% |
| Continental Kaiser | 1% |
| Michelin Comp 32 | 1% |
| Schwalbe Fat Albert | 1% |
| Schwalbe Big Betty | 1% |
| Schwalbe Wicked Will | 1% |
| Kenda Kenetics | 1% |
| Kenda Telonics | 1% |
Saddles (Brand):
| Chromag (All Models) | 24% |
| WTB (All Models) | 15% |
| SDG I-Beam (All Models) | 14% |
| Specialized (All Models) | 8% |
| Transition (All Models) | 8% |
| Misc Saddles (All Models) | 6% |
| Selle Italia (All Models) | 5% |
| SDG (Non I-Beam) (All Models) | 3% |
| Funn (All Models) | 3% |
| DMR (All Models) | 3% |
| Bontrager (All Models) | 2% |
| Fizik (All Models) | 2% |
| Shimano (All Models) | 2% |
| Kore (All Models) | 2% |
| Selle San Marco (All Models) | 1% |
| Giant(All Models) | 1% |
| Serfas (All Models) | 1% |
Handlebars (Brand):
| Chromag (All Models) | 27% |
| Race Face (All Models) | 13% |
| Truvativ Boobar (All Models) | 10% |
| Easton Havoc (All Models) | 8% |
| Renthal (All Models) | 7% |
| Gravity Lite (All Models) | 5% |
| Sunline (All Models) | 4% |
| Answer (All Models) | 4% |
| PRO (All Models) | 3% |
| Specialized (All Models) | 3% |
| Diety (All Models) | 3% |
| Nuke Proof (All Models) | 3% |
| Spank (All Models) | 2% |
| Bontrager (All Models) | 2% |
| Kona (All Models) | 1% |
| Scott (All Models) | 1% |
| ODI (All Models) | 1% |
| Funn (All Models) | 1% |
| ENVE Carbon ((All Models) | 1% |
| Kore (All Models) | 1% |
Brakes:
| Avid Elixir (All Models) | 24% |
| Shimano Saint | 21% |
| Avid Codes (All Models) | 16% |
| Avid X0 (All Models) | 11% |
| Avid Juicy (All Models) | 6% |
| Formula (All Models) | 6% |
| Hayes Prime (All Models) | 5% |
| Hope (All Models) | 4% |
| Shimano XTR | 3% |
| Shimano SLX | 2% |
| Shimano XT | 1% |
| Hayes Nine | 1% |
Rear Derailleurs:
| SRAM X9 | 35% |
| SRAM X0 | 28% |
| Shimano Saint | 18% |
| SRAM X7 | 7% |
| Shimano SLX | 4% |
| Shimano XT | 3% |
| SRAM X5 | 2% |
| Shimano 105 | 2% |
| Shimano XTR | 1% |
Pedals (Brand):
| Shimano DX Clipless | 15% |
| Wellgo (All Models) | 11% |
| Kona WahWah | 7% |
| Straitline | 7% |
| Spank | 5% |
| Truvativ | 5% |
| NRG Tasters Choice | 5% |
| Twenty6 | 4% |
| Crankbros 50/50 | 4% |
| Specialized | 4% |
| Crankbros Clipless | 3% |
| Axiom | 3% |
| Easton Flat Boy | 3% |
| Nuke Proof | 2% |
| DMR V12 | 2% |
| Canfield Crampon | 2% |
| Gravity | 2% |
| Reverse | 2% |
| Superstar | 1% |
| FUNN | 1% |
| Dirty | 1% |
| DMR Vault | 1% |
| Point One Podium | 1% |
| Acros | 1% |
| Atomlab | 1% |
| Burgtech Flats | 1% |
| Deity | 1% |
| HT | 1% |
| Shimano DX Flat | 1% |
| e.Thirteen | 1% |
| Transition | 1% |
| Six Pack | 1% |
| Syncros | 1% |
Flats vs. Clips:
Shoes:
| 510 (all flat models) | 49% |
| Shimano Clipless | 9% |
| Nike | 7% |
| 510 (Clipless) | 5% |
| Shimano (All flat models) | 5% |
| Work / Hiking Boots | 4% |
| Specialized (Clipless) | 3% |
| Vans (Clipless) | 3% |
| Misc (unknown) | 3% |
| Osiris | 2% |
| Teva | 2% |
| Puma | 1% |
| Circa | 1% |
| Vans (Non-Clip) | 1% |
| 661 | 1% |
| DC | 1% |
| iXS | 1% |
| Converse | 1% |
| Sombrio | 1% |
) I traded my Well mbo3 for a mongoose Otero Elite, and it has worked out for me nicely.
to anyone still running a original iron horse..... sundays and SGS's are great bikes im hanging on to mine until i break it. too bad ironhorse got bought out and is now a knock off....i feel like new people to the sport don't know how great Ironhorses are because now you can buy cheep knock off XC bikes at the local sporting good section .i feel like even though they own the company its horrible to tarnish such a well made bikes name by making cheep knock offs...i guess its one of those thing you have to get used to in the bike industry,Mongoose ,Gt,Schwinn...same boat 
nice page 
Thanks!
