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Do they actually make things or are they just selling branded white-label parts? https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/PNW-Components-LLC/Jobs https://www.ziprecruite

by lardo 5y ago

Do they actually make things or are they just selling branded white-label parts? https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/PNW-Components-LLC/Jobs https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/PNW-Components-LLC/Jobs

Matthias247 5y ago
Define "make". Often companies are doing specifications and blueprints, but outsource the actual manufacturing to other companies. I think this would also apply to PNW, since their products (like the seatpost) are afaik not known to be just relabeled versions of other products.
- Eiriksmal 5y ago
  +1. Their droppers are whitelabeled TransX, but the other components appear to have actually been designed by PNW and manufactured by various suppliers in Taiwan like most high quality, high volume bike parts. But they're still a business "making things" in the same way that most other companies that sell consumer products are. I have a Loam lever, a Rainier dropper, and Range stem. They're all excellent parts with tasteful branding. PNW's customer support is excellent, when it comes time to inevitably replace a sagging dropper. The stem's bottom has an unusual design that excited some bike wizards on bikes.stackexchange when I had questions about using stems without spacers. That certainly isn't a whitelabeled, off-the-shelf component. With the state of Amazon being what it is, I would never even have thought to look for bike parts on there. The likelihood of accidentally buying a counterfeit part is way, way too high. I buy all my bike parts direct from the manufacturer, whenever possible. PNW has a nice Shopify site, why give Amazon your money?
PascLeRasc 5y ago
Their dropper posts are rebranded TranzX parts as far as I know, which is supposedly common: https://stravaigingmtb.com/2017/11/27/so-who-the-hell-made-this-dropper-post/ https://stravaigingmtb.com/2017/11/27/so-who-the-hell-made-t... I heard before that Trek does the same thing with their Bontrager posts.
micro_cam 5y ago
They started just with rebranded dropper seat posts you could buy elsewhere but made a name for themselves with excellent customer service and warranty support and reasonable prices even if you could get the same post cheaper elsewhere without the support. Now they have engineered a few unique products you can't get elsewhere though they are all made in asia. Like they make road/gravel style drop style handle bars in uncommon widths.

by lardo 5y ago

Do they actually make things or are they just selling branded white-label parts? https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/PNW-Components-LLC/Jobs https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/PNW-Components-LLC/Jobs

Matthias247 5y ago

Define "make". Often companies are doing specifications and blueprints, but outsource the actual manufacturing to other companies. I think this would also apply to PNW, since their products (like the seatpost) are afaik not known to be just relabeled versions of other products.

Eiriksmal 5y ago
+1. Their droppers are whitelabeled TransX, but the other components appear to have actually been designed by PNW and manufactured by various suppliers in Taiwan like most high quality, high volume bike parts. But they're still a business "making things" in the same way that most other companies that sell consumer products are. I have a Loam lever, a Rainier dropper, and Range stem. They're all excellent parts with tasteful branding. PNW's customer support is excellent, when it comes time to inevitably replace a sagging dropper. The stem's bottom has an unusual design that excited some bike wizards on bikes.stackexchange when I had questions about using stems without spacers. That certainly isn't a whitelabeled, off-the-shelf component. With the state of Amazon being what it is, I would never even have thought to look for bike parts on there. The likelihood of accidentally buying a counterfeit part is way, way too high. I buy all my bike parts direct from the manufacturer, whenever possible. PNW has a nice Shopify site, why give Amazon your money?

PascLeRasc 5y ago

Their dropper posts are rebranded TranzX parts as far as I know, which is supposedly common: https://stravaigingmtb.com/2017/11/27/so-who-the-hell-made-this-dropper-post/ https://stravaigingmtb.com/2017/11/27/so-who-the-hell-made-t... I heard before that Trek does the same thing with their Bontrager posts.

micro_cam 5y ago

They started just with rebranded dropper seat posts you could buy elsewhere but made a name for themselves with excellent customer service and warranty support and reasonable prices even if you could get the same post cheaper elsewhere without the support. Now they have engineered a few unique products you can't get elsewhere though they are all made in asia. Like they make road/gravel style drop style handle bars in uncommon widths.