Shimano XT, grimeca system 8
09-06-00, 10:00 PM
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OK, FINE... i guess i couldn't wait. I've put in my order for a front and rear XT disc brake kit... and it's been a month. i don't know if its our management, or shimano being really backed up. i suspect it's a touch of managerial laziness and alot of backordered-ness.... (i heard that even shimano employees have to wait a month to get theirs).
I talked to one customer who said that shimano XT discs are made at the same factory in Italy, by Grimeca, and i believed that. Since then, i've seen magazines at the shop saying Shimano is ripping off Grimeca(taken apart the system 8's and reproduced them).
Up until now, i thought shimano had a contract with grimeca, it was all legal, and they were selling their stuff simultaneously. i mean, it's not uncommon to see subcontracting in the bike industry *ahem*specialized*ahem*... but i could be wrong.
anyway, if someone~ anyone has any info on exactly what's going on, please post!
P.S.: I figured that even if shimano WAS duping and ripping off Grimeca's stuff, that they're probably redoing it a little better anyway.
[Edited by MorganDunne201 on 09-07-2000 at 12:15 AM]
I talked to one customer who said that shimano XT discs are made at the same factory in Italy, by Grimeca, and i believed that. Since then, i've seen magazines at the shop saying Shimano is ripping off Grimeca(taken apart the system 8's and reproduced them).
Up until now, i thought shimano had a contract with grimeca, it was all legal, and they were selling their stuff simultaneously. i mean, it's not uncommon to see subcontracting in the bike industry *ahem*specialized*ahem*... but i could be wrong.
anyway, if someone~ anyone has any info on exactly what's going on, please post!
P.S.: I figured that even if shimano WAS duping and ripping off Grimeca's stuff, that they're probably redoing it a little better anyway.
[Edited by MorganDunne201 on 09-07-2000 at 12:15 AM]
11-20-09, 09:49 PM
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Um Dude, Isn't one a single piston system, and the other a dual piston sytem? I'm just sayin********************???
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Wow, Hick, you're picking 'em tonight!
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11-20-09, 10:24 PM
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C.mon guy's It's the "new Face of the forum" I'm just l;ooking at the top "o" my screen? If it from 2000 then mebe jusst mebe u guy's shud figure dis out******************************?
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Do you have your post set to acending or decending?
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