Originally Posted by
San Pedro
If you're wearing an advertisement, then the company your advertising for should be happy, especially if it doesn't even make clothes or anything cycling related.
Companies might not want the advertising they don't choose to create.
Originally Posted by
San Pedro
One of the reasons knockoffs exist is because pricing is inflated. In a free market knockoffs serve as a way to rein in prices.
The reason knockoffs exist is because of the more-expensive items they are copying. People are generally only interested in the knockoffs because they are a misrepresentation.