North Face bicycles???
 

I work for a moving company unfortunately. (my last day is Friday :) ) Today the guy we moved had a north face bike. I have never heard of one before and could not find any info on them online, even at northface.com. Just wondering. Peace

dear god. please use the search feature, this topic has been beaten to death at least twice since i joined.

please do not use the LORD's name in vain. Anyways, please forgive me for not searching your oh-holy bicycle forum. I must have been stupid to try the official North Face website and Google.

The guys hasn't been on the interwebs, so take it easy.

is there any website at all, other than this one that have info on these north face bikes??

On the other side of the fence.... I most likely would not buy them due to my fanatical hatred of all things North Face. I think, I may be wrong, that they are nothing more than re-badged Iron Horse bikes. Or maybe it's Marin. At any rate they are not BAD bikes if your definition of bike means two wheeled object that is pedaled to achieve forward motion. The few I have seen in various stores are all entry level to lower middle level MTBs. The problem some might list is a lack of LBS support. You can easily sideswipe this fiasco with some tools, patience and the ability to read. If you want this bike because it says North Face on it I would recomend hitting yourself in the head with the largest ball peen hammer you can find. Buy a bigger one if you don't think your current hammer is up to the task. The object will be to cave in the vast majority of your skull, this should curb any desire to own "quality" North Face crap. Marketing hype and reality are worlds apart. I am refering only to TNF's lame perception by slack jawed yokels. The bikes maybe fine as they are only really corrupted werever the sticker is on the frame. Of course the sticker will fail magnificently at any and all inoportune moments. Pick up the latest edition of Vanity Fair to check out the newest direction for all nifty North Face apperal. They own and market them you know.

I sense some passive aggression towards North Face. Okay, maybe not so passive. Tell me, would a rubber mallet do in a pinch? You could use it over and over til the job is done...or til you make it to the hardware store, whichever comes first.

north face bikes are rebadged iron horses.

Pathetic comment I must say, what does this add to any discussion.

Right now you are behaving like that jerk older brother who has low self esteem so his must ridicule someone (something).

A pathetic comment; especially in light of the fact that I purchased a NorthFace bike and in dirt crit races I did much better than many of the kids that had bikes that were "entry level" to "upper top level MTBs".

These kids were too funny. They were fat and then their bikes were loaded with computers, also they used clipless pedels and wore jerseys; yet they were behind me -- "Catch the guy on the Yavapai Northface".

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Lonely single Yuppies love their Cannondales and Konas...

I don't believe so but I purchased one and it has held up very well. The price was also great. I have yet to have a LBS tech tell me that he can't work on it because it has unique parts and features unseen.

Just curious....what components are on your bike?

Are these just rebaged IH's or made by the same designer with the same materials and whatnot? After I got yelled at to search the forums before asking a question I searched and some guy kept saying in the other thread that they are not rebaged. Anyone out there know for sure?

Jameson, what are some specific reasons you dislike TNF so very much? Just wondering.

My understanding is that Galyans sporting goods entered a licensing deal with The North Face, which is why they are not advertised on the TNF website or widely available. Galyans blew out a bunch of inventory as they were being absorbed by Dicks last summer.

The bikes themselves are licensed through Iron Horse, the frames are the exact same Hollowpoints produced in the exact same factory as the Iron Horse product, but come with a different paint scheme and a different component spec as worked out by Galyans.

Now now, leave the most powerful man in the world alone...

"The North Face" is a trademark used to extract a premium price on what otherwise would be cheaply made, inexpensive import clothing and other Chinese-made goods, nothing more.

At one time perhaps 'The North Face' meant something for quality goods... you can read about the start, then slow decline of the brand into a global marketing entity here:

North Face corporate info

WOW!! You maybe need to slow down and regroup on this one. I will try another way, " If by bike( some people on this board think any bike without a certain level of value is nothing more than a toy) you mean a two wheeled object that is pedaled to achieve forward motion. ( this would include ANYTHING that has two wheels and is pedaled, nothing derogatory here, in fact I actually say they are NOT BAD bikes) Does breaking this sentence down help you any? We will continue on. "I have seen a few in stores ( buildings that house retail goods for sale) and they were mostly entry level to lower middle level. ( I don't say anything bad about bikes in this price range, in fact earlier I mentioned they were NOT BAD. If one were in the market for a entry level or lower middle level one might see these bikes are not bad and comparable to others in the same range. Okay, we now see no one said the bike was bad.

The real reason you got cranky and confused me for your apparently cruel older brother was because I don't like(hate) The North Face. I am sorry you chose to become upset about this. Due to your reaction I can only surmise you did indeed purchase a two wheeled pedaled device, ( see, it's just different than the word bike. Different does not mean bad) which was bearing a North Face emblem. Maybe you could try to enlighten me instead of circumventing the real issue and attacking something you made up in your head. Saying I've seen a few bikes (two wheeled pedal powered objects) that were priced in a certain range is merely a fact. If I said I saw a blue car that was only $4 is that bad? Do you understand that any better? I still scoff at the North Face and if I was looking for an entry level model I would definately NOT get the North Face bike because I hate the company, I don't want to advertise for them. If you do, please refer back to the ball peen hammer, and yes, a rubber malllet will work until a suitable metal hammer can be appropriated.
Oh, congrats on your ability to out race the fat kids. I would bet it is due to "skill" more thasn the sticker on your "bike".

Wow, maybe mention of North Face bikes should be banned. The subject obviously causes much too much rancor. In this thread, we've seen the phrase "beaten to death", accusations of sacrilege, Bush-bashing, skull-bashing, and sibling ridicule. Will it end? More importantly, will it end badly?

On second thought, it sure is fun...

All that you have said... unimportant....

Btw, for who do you advertise - Cannondale, Kona, Specialized? .... Your hatred, little protest and boycott of The North Face is not going to take them or their name under... As I'm sure you would hope.

Are you against advertising in general? If so, did you buy a Cannondale and removed all traces of any company trade mark. What did it take sandpaper, a can of primer and spray paint?

No, actually, it's time to take off the silly face. I don't care one way or the other if you hate The North Face... good for you.

: )

Geez, I'm glad that is over with ...

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For all the others that are interested, I'll soon post a list of the components as was asked of me, sorry for the delayed response.

Also, I didn't mean to offend any by the "fat kid" comment. Actually, I don't judge harshly one bit and my preference in women are fat chics. Problem is -- they want big boys. So I've never really dated one.

-Shimano Front Derailleur Co5o
-Shimano V-Brake housing and cables
-WTB wheels
-MYTHOSXC Tires
-TRUVATIV Crank
-Forte' pedals
-Alivio Shimano Rear Derailleur
-Shimano Front Derailleur Co5o
-Front Suspension * Manitou Six, convertible travel 100 suspension


It appears that I have Shimano V-Brake housing and cables..... that then attach to some Hayes Disk Brakes.

These brakes stop the all durable WTB wheels. Apparently, this brand makes wheels that are "premium yet affordable --- and designed for XC racing and aggressive trail riding."

I have MYTHOSXC Tires (mythosxc). I search on the web and apparently these are cool.

TRUVATIV Crank -- apparently they also have a website.... I'm reading that some of these components are placed on downhill bikes.

I have some Forte' pedals with pedal cages, all of which I added myself.

Alivio Shimano Rear Derailleur -- this website below gives a review of this one... 3.5/5 rating....

http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Deraille...ct_20844.shtml

If I'm correct I have this for a front derailleur -- Shimano Front Derailleur Co5o.

Manitou Six, convertible travel 100 suspension, came with the bike as the forks. This website below mentions that they are for the "entry-level rider who doesn’t want to sacrifice performance. Key features include 28.6 mm stanchions, convertible travel from 80 mm to 100 mm and a new Reverse Arch casting."

http://www.answerproducts.com/items....2%3A41%3A45+PM

I'll add some pics. Just to make this ever present topic complete. However, they are huge, i.e. 500 KB and I need to re-size them. I'll do so tomorrow and then upload them.

Does anyone know of free software or shareware of Photo manipulation that gives a "Resize" feature. I have InfraView, which is free, but I don't think it lets me re-size a pic.

Uh, not over just yet. Once again you are pulling generalizations out of your own head or possibly thin air. Just how mean was this brother of yours? I don't hate advertising, advertise away. My lower middle level bike frame was a GT stickered object. It was free and I happened not to like the color. I repainted it. So, yeah, no advertising there. My North Face hatred is actually about half humor; I see you don't get it. Some people don't. Why would you assume I have a Cannondale? You have read some amazing things into some rather bland statements I made. Are you a telepath? You apparantly have me marked as a previous tag line of yours. I assume I am a yuppie if I have the cannodale too. If it's okay, I'd rather you imagined me being an uppity yuppie with a Rocky mountain Slayer, er.. 05 version if it's not to much trouble please.
Also have me living in a brownstone or something equally offensive to you. Nice recovery on the fat kid remark though, that's good work right there.
Please don't let this little chat die down. I am fairly amused by it so far.

Doesn't sound too bad, it's all basic entry level stuff.