kingrollo
Guru
Seems stages are the latest cycling company to go bump
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/st...ns-and-lays-off-entire-staff-report-suggests/
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/st...ns-and-lays-off-entire-staff-report-suggests/
Stages no more
- Thread starter kingrollo
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I bought a Stages Shimano crank in 2016, my first introduction to power metres on my road bikes.
It was nice to have power readings for the first time but it did have problems that should have been ironed out before it was released.
The rapid battery drain when not using it was annoying, resulting in frequent battery replacements.
Secondly, the bluetooth range, should be good for 10 metres but often had connection problems when using it on my steel road bikes and not great on my carbon.
The alternatives now are far superior, I use Garmin pedals now, no such problems.
It was nice to have power readings for the first time but it did have problems that should have been ironed out before it was released.
The rapid battery drain when not using it was annoying, resulting in frequent battery replacements.
Secondly, the bluetooth range, should be good for 10 metres but often had connection problems when using it on my steel road bikes and not great on my carbon.
The alternatives now are far superior, I use Garmin pedals now, no such problems.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Kona's been bought back by their original founders - https://road.cc/content/news/kona-bicycles-bought-back-founders-308457
Maybe a move back to lower profits and no satisfying venture capitalists, which can only be a good thing imo.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
The massive downside of the cycling boom. Retailers run by people who were themselves cyclists who understood their customers needs being swallowed up by asset striping gamblers who couldn't care less what wreckage they left behind.
That's great news - didn't see that coming!
Totally agree about the vulture capitalists, however the fact it got to the point where they bailed only two years after buying it speaks volumes about their investment savvy... plus it's potentially a coup for the founders - proper pump and dump; sell high riding the coat tails of transient post-covid sentiment, watch it all burn, buy it back for a fraction of what the buyer paid and carry on
