First Boardman, then Pendelton, now Hoy (Chris Hoy Bikes)

[400bhp]

"Moderately we'll respected" is probably a fairer way to describe The Boardman range over the years.

Be interesting to see if the Hoys are clean sheet designs or if any rebranded Pinnacles sneak in there.

Well respected.

They don't only sell the Halfords ones you know.

 

[Arsen Gere]

Boardman seemes to get closely involved in the manufacture and design. I hope Hoy does the same. Good competition is always welcome. Boardman bikes have crossed over in to triathlon too, Pete Jacobs won Kona on one. Here is a slowtwits article on the bike http://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Tri_Bike_by_brand/Kona_top_15_men_on_bikes_3223.html .
I've raced Boardmans for 3 years now.

 

[fimm]

The Brownlee brothers ride Boardman bikes (i.e. are sponsored by Boardman). So is/does the man who won Kona (Ironman world championships) this year.
Edit: Arsen Gere got there before me (and could remember the name!)

 

[Hacienda71]

There were a team using Boardmans in the Tour of Calafornia last year.

 

[Drago]

I had a Pinnacle once, it was pretty good apart from a slightly iffy front fork.

Oh aye, got one myself and by one of those quirks if fate I love it because it fits me so well.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

The caption on the Daily Fail site for this photo claims it is one of the road bikes!

 

[mr_hippo]

Sorry but I won't be getting one. 'Hoy' in Thai means 'mussel' and is also a euphemism for a certain part of the female anatomy!

 

[SomethingLikeThat]

If he wants to make some money and try something new then good for him.

 

[ianrauk]

If he wants to make some money and try something new then good for him.

Indeed... and if it get's more people on bikes then even better.

 

[jdtate101]

If Chris does some low / medium cost track bikes, I'd be real interested to have a look at those. The road bikes.......well maybe.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If there's crossover between the Pinnacle and Hoy bikes, is there anything wrong with that? I've never ridden one but the ones I've seen have a stylish simplicity to them. The riders didn't look too unhappy and they didn't squeak as they went past. The bikes didn't squeak, either.

 

[Drago]

Nope, I like Pinnacles. I was really just speculating out loud, but it would be a bit of an Insult to simply rebrand a Pinnacle and charge more for it just because of the new name.