His Brain is Gone!
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Many do it now on their lower end bikes. Trek, Specialized, Giant, Felt, and many more.
It is hard to build a bike for the $700'ish market and not have some knock-off parts. Most common places are brakes, hubs and rims. Some are going sub-Sora on the derailleurs, still Shimano but very low end Shimano ... which isn't much different than a knock-off.
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