Hayes Bicycle Group to retain Answer and Manitou Distributors

Dec 11, 2006

Hayes Bicycle Group announced today that it will retain all Answer™ and Manitou™ brand product distributors for 2007. Service and support for these products will continue to be provided by these experienced and dedicated people.

Hayes Bicycle Group, a division of HB Performance Systems Inc., acquired the assets of Answer Products Inc., in November. Answer Products has been renamed HB Suspension Products and is now a part of the Hayes Bicycle Group division. Under this new business arrangement the company will continue to produce Answer™ and Manitou™ brand bicycle suspension forks, shocks, bars and stems.

“I offer my personal assurance that there will be no disruption in company operations,” said Rhonda Kirkwood, vice president and general manager of Hayes Bicycle Group. “We will continue to be responsive and remain dedicated to delivering the highest quality products on time and at competitive prices.” The excellent customer service and support systems that Answer Products’ customers have come to know also will continue, Kirkwood added.

Hayes Bicycle Group products, including Answer™, Manitou™, Hayes™ Disc Brakes and Sun Ringlé™ wheels, rims and hubs, are distributed through 120 worldwide distributors to customers in more than 50 countries. More than 200 worldwide bicycle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are supplied by Hayes Bicycle Group. Its products are well known and respected in the mountain bike market. Hayes Bicycle Group provides products for all segments, especially freeride, gravity and recreational.
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flag phreekboy (Dec 12, 2006 at 13:33)
thats cool
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flag dhriderca1 (Dec 13, 2006 at 13:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
i got all of them on my bike, lol hayes,sun, maitous ect lol
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flag manu19 (Dec 13, 2006 at 15:52)
i absaloutly hate hayes, they suck ass
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flag manu19 (Dec 13, 2006 at 15:53)
but if someone was to give me a new set i would use them , free stuff doesnt suck that much... but i dont have them yet, so they suck
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flag mikeybiker (Dec 13, 2006 at 18:17)
Now all of the shitty companys are working is one, right on super shit
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flag chaserider (Dec 14, 2006 at 7:13)
If Hayes just decided to stop making low budget crap and concentrate on making good breaks again.
Back in the day everyone rode Hayes Mags, cos they rocked today its a diffrent story.
Stop making budget models, theyre shit anyways!
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flag mikeybiker (Dec 14, 2006 at 10:45)
even there high end stuff is crap the only reason people rode them is because there was nothing else on the market. hayes suck to work on and suck to ride with high or low end
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flag shely21 (Dec 14, 2006 at 18:43)
Hayes is is gettin blasted by the pinkbike forum...ooooooolol
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flag tdogg (Dec 18, 2006 at 21:22)
avid and sram components fan here. hayes suck, all my friends who ride hayes have had problems either in the hosing, the lever, the calipers, or even having one of the pads fall out. wtf? its either avid or magura now hell maybe even saints for the select few. but hayes.... tsk tsk
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flag ov3r1d3 (Jan 3, 2007 at 9:54)
how bout no one points out how so many companies are becoming conglomerates can this be good?What represents my freedom(riding)is now just another industry ruled by the bottom line
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flag hutch (Feb 14, 2007 at 12:29)
That's BS at least here in Canada. The boys at OGC are stopping warranty/repair at the end of Feb. at which time they switch over to Fox.
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