Gear Brand Loyalty

ddog558
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8/31/2016 9:15am
Too much time on my hands I guess.....

With Shorty's retirement, he had been with Fly for what....since 2004 or so?
12 years with the same gear company..

How many other riders have stayed loyal for that long?

RC as with FOX almost his entire career (except for his stint with PC..which was AXO at the time)

Villo was with THOR his whole career...but I dont believe with was as lengthy as Short.

Everyone else seems to follow the money to the highest bidder, or get stuck under the "Team Gear Look" whether they want to or not..

I know there are Vitards with better memory than me (a few too many falls on the head)....whatcha got?
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8/31/2016 9:43am
Roczen has been with Fox since he was an amateur.
C-Rock
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8/31/2016 9:50am
I've been with Fox since '86.
Laughing
8/31/2016 10:14am
I would still be with No Fear had they not folded Sad


EMIG has been in SHIFT for 20 ish years?
kzizok
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8/31/2016 10:22am
Ive been Ocelots go to guy for quite some time now. Results bro'!

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3rdgearpinned
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8/31/2016 10:33am
fox guy here but Ill admit, the fly stuff if bought at the right place can be had for uber cheap. That brings me to another point. With 90% of the pits at the local track wearing fly, would you want to wear fly?

8/31/2016 10:35am
I would still be with No Fear had they not folded Sad


EMIG has been in SHIFT for 20 ish years?
I loved my No Fear gear. Wish they were still around.
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8/31/2016 10:40am
I would still be with No Fear had they not folded Sad


EMIG has been in SHIFT for 20 ish years?
I loved my No Fear gear. Wish they were still around.
Hated the name (association) but loved the gear. Best Ive owned and used. I still have a ton of it and still have a lot of kids gear too.
8/31/2016 6:32pm
I would still be with No Fear had they not folded Sad


EMIG has been in SHIFT for 20 ish years?
I loved my No Fear gear. Wish they were still around.
Aren't some of the No Fear guys the ones that started up Alias? That's what I've been wearing since I started riding more last year. The price is right, the stuff looks good, and I can get my name/number put on the jerseys all in one place.
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8/31/2016 6:44pm Edited Date/Time 8/31/2016 6:45pm
fox guy here but Ill admit, the fly stuff if bought at the right place can be had for uber cheap. That brings me to another...
fox guy here but Ill admit, the fly stuff if bought at the right place can be had for uber cheap. That brings me to another point. With 90% of the pits at the local track wearing fly, would you want to wear fly?

No. Sorry JT$. I do appreciate all they do for the sport however.
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8/31/2016 6:50pm Edited Date/Time 8/31/2016 6:53pm
For the factory guys some would chase the max money from the gear companies, some were forced to change to get a ride, others appear to be loyal and content with money that was offered.

For me being a bigger guy, comfort came first, avaiability, then style, price
was never an issue.

Over the years i have used most brands way back to leathers.

FMH from europe was the last i purchased, reasonable fit and quality.
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8/31/2016 6:58pm
FYI, I don't think we're done seeing Andrew in Fly gear..,
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8/31/2016 7:18pm
TeamGreen wrote:
FYI, I don't think we're done seeing Andrew in Fly gear..,
ISDE or some other offroad stuff?
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8/31/2016 7:28pm
TeamGreen wrote:
FYI, I don't think we're done seeing Andrew in Fly gear..,
BAMX wrote:
ISDE or some other offroad stuff?
Just riding and testing and developing and smiling...

Heck, ya might even see him in places like Baja.

All the while, I think he might be involved in further development of Fly Gear, too.
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Brand ambassador
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8/31/2016 7:34pm
I believe Mike Kiedrowski was loyal to Answer gear for his entire career.

One guess as to which gear company is NOT loyal to it's customers Wink
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8/31/2016 7:36pm
TeamGreen wrote:
FYI, I don't think we're done seeing Andrew in Fly gear..,
BAMX wrote:
ISDE or some other offroad stuff?
TeamGreen wrote:
Just riding and testing and developing and smiling... Heck, ya might even see him in places like Baja. All the while, I think he might be...
Just riding and testing and developing and smiling...

Heck, ya might even see him in places like Baja.

All the while, I think he might be involved in further development of Fly Gear, too.
Nice...It is always cool to see a rider of his caliber that actually likes riding.
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8/31/2016 8:28pm
Does anyone remember when one of the boy bands started performing wearing Fox moto gear and you would go to a national and would see a bunch of people wearing homemade Fox shirts with rainbows and stuff on it lol?
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8/31/2016 8:59pm
I bought a pair of fox dirt paw gloves, after one days riding they had already started falling apart. Shit quality.
My Fly F16 gloves have held up amazingly well, but my Fly hydrogen lite gear didn't last well at all.. Their new stuff, I don't like the look of and won't be buying.
Most of the Thor gear I've had has been bullet proof.
I don't pay much attention to which rider is wearing what these days.
wpark89
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8/31/2016 9:49pm Edited Date/Time 8/31/2016 9:50pm
I doubt anyone can even come within two decades of Doug Dubach, probably nearly 35 years in O'neal clothes!
Crush
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8/31/2016 9:55pm
RV... Thor, PC, Kawi, Scott, Alpinestarts since what, 03 till post retirement?
GD2
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8/31/2016 10:02pm
Crush wrote:
RV... Thor, PC, Kawi, Scott, Alpinestarts since what, 03 till post retirement?
RV has been with Oakley for a while now, not Scott.
8/31/2016 11:11pm
Crush wrote:
RV... Thor, PC, Kawi, Scott, Alpinestarts since what, 03 till post retirement?
Except for that one year Factory Kawi ran FMF for whatever reason.
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8/31/2016 11:33pm
Doug Dubach and O'Neal.

I've personally been wearing it from day one. Even through the really ugly design years. Laughing
HenryA
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8/31/2016 11:34pm
Cairoli has used Sidi and Airoh for a couple of years now.
8/31/2016 11:36pm
I would still be with No Fear had they not folded Sad


EMIG has been in SHIFT for 20 ish years?
I loved my No Fear gear. Wish they were still around.
kzizok wrote:
Hated the name (association) but loved the gear. Best Ive owned and used. I still have a ton of it and still have a lot of...
Hated the name (association) but loved the gear. Best Ive owned and used. I still have a ton of it and still have a lot of kids gear too.
My No Fear gear lasted me a long time. I wrecked in that gear many times and it held up. My 2014 Fox 360 pants ripped after 2 rides and no crash. Fox did send me a brand new pair, however it was the 2015 model and did not match the jersey. Didn't really care, I was happy to have another set of pants.
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8/31/2016 11:37pm
Crush wrote:
RV... Thor, PC, Kawi, Scott, Alpinestarts since what, 03 till post retirement?
GD2 wrote:
RV has been with Oakley for a while now, not Scott.
Ooops, yep you're right... Was that 450s on?

And the FMF thing for a year. Pretty good tho.
EEE299
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9/1/2016 4:52am
Steadman wrote:
I believe Mike Kiedrowski was loyal to Answer gear for his entire career. One guess as to which gear company is NOT loyal to it's customers...
I believe Mike Kiedrowski was loyal to Answer gear for his entire career.

One guess as to which gear company is NOT loyal to it's customers Wink
What's up with the Fox hate? Other than every bro ever alternating their Monster and MM attire with fox lol
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9/1/2016 6:08am
Steadman wrote:
I believe Mike Kiedrowski was loyal to Answer gear for his entire career. One guess as to which gear company is NOT loyal to it's customers...
I believe Mike Kiedrowski was loyal to Answer gear for his entire career.

One guess as to which gear company is NOT loyal to it's customers Wink
EEE299 wrote:
What's up with the Fox hate? Other than every bro ever alternating their Monster and MM attire with fox lol
LOL It's not even that it's too mainstream that I have my hate on.

The Coles notes: After about 15 years of selling Fox they dropped us. We had a couple of soft years and they deemed us no longer worthy of their business. I was practically begging them to keep us on. Was told it costs them too much money to maintain (the one catalog and one rep visit a year must have set them back huge) When asked what can I do for customers coming in wanting Fox gear I was told from my rep..wait for it.....'there are other brands out there you can sell them' Fox is so flipping huge they can be that arrogant I suppose.

Could you imagine your local dealer or favorite online shopping place sending you a letter stating they no longer want your business and to stop buying from them? Think about that for a minute.

What makes me sick to my stomach every time I think about it is the years I was personally loyal to the Fox brand (about 20 years) All the gear, clothing and other items I bought for myself, family and friends.
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9/1/2016 7:26am
wpark89 wrote:
I doubt anyone can even come within two decades of Doug Dubach, probably nearly 35 years in O'neal clothes!
Was going to be my vote. He's been with O'neal since the beginning

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