Bike components

Bike components

There are many different components that go on a MTB

Such as

• Forks
• Brakes
• Front and rear derailleurs
• Bottom brackets
• Cassettes, chains & chairings
• Crank sets
• Handlebars & grips
• Saddle
• Seat post
• Headsets
• Stems
• Shifters
• Wheel’s
• Tires & tubes

The two biggest manufactures of MTB components are SRAM and Shimano

Shimano

Shimano is a Japanese company, they make cycling components as well as fishing tackle. It is a public trading company and has just over 100 million shares.

Their headquarters is in Sakai which is in Japan. It has many manufacturing facilities that they produce their own goods in. Some of their factories are located in Kunshan, China Malaysia and Singapore. Most of their sales are from Europe about 4/10^ths, while only 2/10^ths of their sales come from north America.

SRAM

SRAM is an American company that is Shimano’s biggest competitors. They are a privately owned company.

SRAM first product was a Grip shifter which change the gears in a bike, they did this in  1988.

What I feel is most interesting about SRAM is that they have purchased a number of companies that where all ready established in the bike components industry.  Most of these were and still are very well know some of them are.

• Rockshox
• Truvativ
• Avid

This is a video that i think sums up the way that SRAM operates