Alternative to X-Lite stuff

[FluffyChicken]

What's interesting now is that bonty seem to have nicked the name judging by my current eBay searches.

X-Lite sold the brand and manufacturing rights a good few years ago to an American company. The family had decided to concentrate on the Muc-Off range of products.

I can't remember the name of the company that bought X-Lite, but there were big noises about new ranges of product. I think in the end hard economics has kicked in, as I simply don't think there is a volume market for the products anymore, as the brand has been out of the lime light for too long.

I like X-Lite bar ends, and the Zaskar I built in 94 has a good smattering of X-Lite (Titanium bars, bar ends and seatpost), Hope (bottom bracket and both hubs) and Middleburn (cranks, rings and bolts), I think I'd be hard presses to do the same retro build today, not without a lot of searching and paying through the nose.

Brant Richards aka Ragley/On-One chap (in the modern era) has the rights last I read some time back http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/x ... elm-27298/
http://www.hotlines-uk.com/Brands.aspx?BrandID=166

 

[NeilM]

Brant Richards aka Ragley/On-One chap (in the modern era) has the rights last I read some time back http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/x ... elm-27298/
http://www.hotlines-uk.com/Brands.aspx?BrandID=166

That's interesting, I know for sure it was an American company who bought the rights, but that was back in 2007 or 2009, I can't remember which.

In that case, there is always a chance of a re launch.

 

[yagamuffin]

Fred Salmon put his name to a range of anodized bits made in the far east, including a rather nice looking stem.