Brands
Who makes what, and what each one is good at
Most brands here are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, what a range costs to keep running once its chains and pads start wearing, and where the same factory sells the same part under three badges.
- SHIMANO Japan The standards most drivetrains are built around 16 products
- Fischer Germany German mainstream, across more families than anyone 4 products
- Schwalbe Germany Tires, tubes and the tools that go with them 4 products
- Garmin United States and Switzerland Computers, sensors, and the Tacx trainers 3 products
- SKS GERMANY Germany Pumps, mudguards and cages, made in Germany 3 products
- Muc-Off United Kingdom Cleaning, lubricating and sealing, as a whole system 5 products
- Thule Sweden Racks built for people who use one every weekend 2 products
- Continental Germany Its own rubber compounds, made in Germany 7 products
- Wahoo Fitness United States Trainers and computers built around the software 2 products
- SIGMA Germany German lighting and instruments, decades deep 2 products
- KMC Taiwan Chains and cassettes, cross-compatible by design 3 products
- Büchel Germany German everyday parts, sold in volume 2 products
- Prophete Germany The budget end, on three different families 3 products
- DANSI Italy Lights and pumps at the top of the sales charts 2 products
- NIGRIN Germany The cheap chemicals that work 2 products
- EVOC Germany Transport protection, engineered small 1 product
- VAUDE Germany Outdoor equipment, applied to bikes 1 product
- LEZYNE United States Accessories as the whole business 2 products
- Bosch Germany A tool company's answer to a bike problem 1 product
- XIAOMI China Consumer electronics, applied to tire pressure 1 product
- Bryton Taiwan The battery figure nobody else matches 1 product
- Atera Germany The rack that publishes every figure 1 product
- EUFAB Germany The towbar rack most people actually buy 1 product
- ALPINA Germany A helmet with two axes of adjustment 1 product
- ZEFAL France A ten-year claim on the thing that usually yellows 1 product
- panaracer Japan Every element of a gravel tire, named 1 product
- milKit Switzerland Sealant that does not clump 1 product
- Magene China Sensors and computers at the value end 2 products
- Dr. Wack Germany A chain oil and the brush that goes with it 2 products
- MIVELO Germany A small German maker in two categories 2 products
- CXWXC Repair stands and CO2, at volume 2 products
- Alphatrail The compatibility list nobody else writes 2 products
- Relaxdays Ready assembled, and honest about the requirement 2 products
- VEVOR General equipment, at the edges of the catalog 2 products
- Allen United States The rack that folds into a bag 2 products
- Fincci The tire that publishes its own numbers 6 products