NW Cup #3 Saturday Practice

 Ok enough with the word epic...lets come up with an other one its been beaten to death

 To be honest the pricings of Transition bikes in my mind are not too overpriced, when you consider the following things.

1. The time taken to design, produce a prototype and refine a downhill bike to be production ready is very long.

2. The labour force to design the bikes is highly skilled and so they need good payment

3. Each license for a CAD package can be incredibly expensive. I was talking to a friend who works in engineering and he said that his company just spent £18,000 on 4 licenses of Solidworks (£18,000 is around 26,500 US and about 27,000 canadian.)


About manufacturing being done in the far east. Many very well made bikes and components are made in the far east. For example, Rock Shox suspension is manufactured in Taiwan along with Giant bikes. You don't hear people complaining about the quality of those brands products. Far eastern manufacuterers often have acccess to more equipment and can use the vast amounts of experience they have attained over the years. It obviously lets companies take advantage of the lower minimum wage for workers in far eastern countries aswell.

I agree that some brands are ridiculously overpriced but because mountain biking is a minority sport, high prices must be charged if brands are going to survive

Also, by the time that TR450 Frames get over here to Scotland they cost the equivalent of 2800 USD.....

Basically, Transition bikes, and other companies for that matter, are not "Greedy" or ripping people off, they are just trying to stay in business. Is that too much to ask?

 lol..lol..lol..lol..i lov the feed back guys...but seriously...anyone of u guys banging me for my comments need 2 wake up...really can anyone of u guys that i pissed off by saying what i said really sit there and tell me that ud pay...2500.s for a transition tr 450..over an intense...or foes..or santa cruz??? dudes look at the tr 450...the materials..the tubess..thoes lil tubes cost more than 100.s??? maybe in bulk ok i get that...but i mean per frame...naaa boys i dont think so...no way a per frame material cost 100.s.....im looking at the big picture u guys are just eye candy brand loyal...and thats kool...im just saying that id rather pay 2500.s for an AMERICAN made product...b 4 id pay it for any other brand reguardless of whether its made in china..taiwan..japan..or mars lol..thats all...damn didnt mean 2 step over ur toes...if u like 2500.s taiwaneese frames by all means budds go 4 it...i aint hateing...i like transition bikes just not sure if there worth the price..thats all im saying...anyways time 2 go ride...

 Don't forget too that these companies have a work force they must pay for...health benefits, workmans comp,insurance, warehousing, a building, utilities, duties on all components imported from abroad and when the frames ships to the shop your final price already includes the cost of shipping from Transition to you. Transition's costs are way more than $100 for those frames, you are out of your mind if you believe the BS that essar is stating.

 If you can buy an Intense or Yeti in the USA for the same price as a Transition then you are paying too much for the Transition. There is no question that frames made in Taiwan can be excellent quality but there is no way you should pay the same money for one as a frame made by Intense, Yeti, Turner etc. in the USA.

 i like the transition bikes...but has any 1 gone 2 there web site n seen the outrageous prices there asking 4 there frames??? r u kidding me?? 2.400.00s for a tr 450 frame n shock!!!! what r these boys smoking?? thoes frames r made in taiwan for crying out loud...there prob made for about 100.s a frame if that...n soon as they import them here 2 the good ol u.s.a. they want that price 4 em?? damn u can get better made frames from u.s.a. for that money...i dig there stuff dont get me wrong...i use 2 ride flat land w kyle young wayyyy back in the day he's a cool dude..but come on...why do we bike junkies have 2 b raped financially 4 the sport we love??? damn...is stuff really that diff 2 make??is material cost that expensive?? is shipping em back here from wherever that expensive?? hell no man.... its just like everything else in society thats wrong...GREED...

 tr 450= 2400.s w shock???
blindside= 1766.s w shock
bottle rocket= 1509.s w shock
double= 1499.s w shock....for what?? lil chineese people welding frames in a factory for like 3.s an hour...
OUTRAGEOUS

 It has been used for cam in a NWD film....

 i feel like i should know the song but i dont, can anyone tell me who its by? cuz i deffinatly know it but not the name

 another video which uses the same songs of NWD

 LOVING THE MONKEY BIZZZ BACKGROUND TUNES!!!!!! GREAT CHOICE LAD'S!

 Monkey Business by skid row, turhible tune

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