sawyer wrote:Amused by the "why don't they sell in the US??" chat ...
Er ... because it's a litigous market where govt and regulators think nothing of whacking foreign owned companies when they can?
Haven't seen any data showing that the cycling community in the USA is any more or any less litigious that any other community/country in the world. If you have that data, please pass it a long as I would be interested in that.
Shiamno doesn't seem to have a problem being in the US market. Neither does Cerelo. Or Colnago. Nor Bianchi. Nor Look. Nor Cipollini. Nor Time. Nor Fuji. Nor Campy. Nor BMC. So it is beyond the scope of the US bike cycling community being super litigious as those companies don't seem to have a problem.
Also, don't forget that Canyon doesn't sell to Canada nor Australia, two countries that don't have the connotation of being litigious countries. If anything, Australia and Canada are even worse on whacking foreign owned companies with taxes and import duties.
sawyer wrote:A better question is why would such a company wish to enter the US market
Because the USA is one of the largest markets in the world. If you want to continue expanding your market share and business, you go and expand into markets they you aren't in and that have a large base of potential customers.
sawyer wrote:Canyon look to be doing just fine without US sales I'd say ...
I'm sure they are and that is great. But to state that Canyon isn't selling to the US because of lawsuit worry just doesn't pass the sniff test. Also don't buy the government regulation part. Canyon has been stating they would be coming back to the USA since 2010ish. Even Competitive Cyclist (when still based in AR) stated publicly how they were going to be the USA distributor. So not sure what happened to that partnership and why it fell through. But hey, us roadies in the USA aren't at a loss of other great options at good prices.