And look at how well it worked for them. There is a certain way things work here. Not necessarily the right way, but that's how she goes. The major distributors control the flow of product here. If they don't like what you are doing, you're f*cked. They were clear with Race Face and told them "if you go behind our backs to MEC, we are dropping you." ......Guess what happened next. Lambert, Norco and OGC (there are others) have a stranglehold on the flow of bike product through Canada. It sucks, but that's how it works here.

 In other words, there's a powerful cabal of distributors making damn sure that retail prices for bike gear stay high in Canada (why don't you compare them with the prices south of the border) - and you ridicule RaceFace, rather than those who give you the shaft on the shop floor?

 No, I ridicule our distributors waaaaayyyyy more. Race Face is just the flavor of the week. As you can see I take our Canadian distributors VERY seriously. It's cool that you want to stick up for a failed, dead, clown company, but you are barking up the wrong tree dude.

 Their products are fine. Their business tactics are the problem. Sorry, WERE the problem.

 agreed selling to MEC was the worst idea ever!

 will shit in shops be cheaper now? i might be able to afford RF for once lol

 Who is MEC? What does it stand for?

 mountain equipment coop

 Thanks for putting it better than I ever could have.

 

 You should run to MEC while you still can. Hahahahahahaha.

 I'll just run my atlases until they die then get something else.

 Yeah, I hear they have phenomenal warranty bro!!!

 Yea, like they'll ever break!

PS: I never use RF BB's! Just the atlas cranks + Shimano BB.

 Or, you can just right up a review on ripoffreport.com that is much easier

 LOLWUT???

 ah, i read it wrong, i thought you caused it to happen, oh well hahaha.

 Reck the cause of RF's downfall.....whoa.

 I WISH I CAUSED THIS!!! I would be so proud of myself. They did this to themselves unfortunately.

 The plot thickens.....

"Business owner got a huge loan from the bank based on fraudulent inventory valuation statements. With the money, he paid himself a ridiculous wage: >$30k/mo. Bank auditors finally figured out what was up and shut the place down. He's facing a civil suit for the loan (over $3MM) as well as likely facing criminal charges."

 Eeesh that's interesting news. Got a link to it? Shady and sad if true.

 It is a direct quote from RideMonkey. I don't have time to hunt down a link. Sorry Angelo, but you'll have to hunt it down.

 Gotcha. Of note, anyone realize that Shimano parts might be harder to come by in the near future......

 www.bikeradar.com/news/article/shimano-unaffected-by-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-29599

They seem to be buisness as usual. Good to hear.

 That's good. Where else would I find shitty components for my bicycle if they got demolished by the tsunami?

 Easy: 90% of the trendy, knock-off-of-eachother, poorly engineered bike components a lot of kids run. I'll leave brands out of this, for fear of my life being threatened for bringing to light the shittyness of yet another white 3pc cromo crank that no one asked for.....

 That sums up a lot of the industry to be honest.

 Sure does!

 Mountain Equipment Co-Op. They decided to sell to them and got dropped by all Canadian bike shops and distributors (except for a handfull). They then starved to death for their stupidity.

 okay wait what? you need explain that defferantly so race face sold there shit to mec>?

 Race Face started selling their products to MEC. MEC is the enemy of the Canadian Bike industry, so they got pissed. Distributors dropped Race Face and shops followed suit. Race Face went bankrupt within a year apparently. That is the simple explanation.

 so race face got raped really hard by mec. wow thats really funny!

 They did it to themselves. And yes, it is really funny.

 haha they really got fucked. stupid people.

 WOW, truly proves how smart some people are.

 I don't quite understand why "MEC is the enemy of bike industry".. I just got an excellent bike stand there for a real good price, at least 30% cheaper than my LBS..

 and therein lies the problem...

 ^^Bingo.

 thats worst then been stab in back by your best friend

 No, it's not. MEC is as much a bike shop as any other. Their focus is slightly more limited (no more than the majority of the shops in this city though), and they have an innovative business that lets them sell shit cheap. You gonna tell me every shop should be run by lousy businessmen just to be fair?

 What I'm trying to say is...race face been a huge brand MEC should take it care not let it die,I do manager a bike shop and I make it fair for all brands I sell... Thats only my opinion...

 Yeah, fawk MEC. Those damn granola eating, tree hugging sissies ruin everything.

 i here dat man but seriously like why mec god damn nut huggin hippies