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Mike Sinyard

9 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2024 by Mike Sinyard · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Jul 29, 2024
Assertion Supported
Sinyard: Specialized Supplied Parts to Early Mountain Bike Pioneers
“So there were a few makers around, and at that time, because I imported the different parts, the frame tubing, and brakes, and that, so I supplied all of them, a number of parts.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 23:08 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Sinyard: No production touring bikes existed when Specialized began making bicycles
“At that time, touring bikes were very, very big, and there was custom bikes being made that were appropriate for this, but there was no production bike.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 20:30 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sinyard: Bike Shops Initially Rejected Specialized Mountain Bikes as BMX
“When the first bikes came out, the first ones that we made, most of the stores said, well, Mike, what are you doing with the big kids BMX bikes? We don't want that at all. We are only interested in selling serious adult bikes.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 23:39 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024
Disclosure
Sinyard: Specialized Moved Upmarket to Avoid Volume Competition
“A lot of people came in, and then at that point, I thought, you know what, we don't have the money to compete with all these volume guys. Let's just move up and make better and better bikes.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 30:51 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Sinyard: Specialized reached roughly $60 million in annual revenue in the 1990s
“I think in the nineties, it was probably sixty million or something.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 33:30 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024
Assertion Supported
Specialized generated $64,000 in sales during its first year
“I think the first year, the sales were 64,000 dollars.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 14:36 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024 negative
Insight
Selling low-cost bikes in a commoditized market diluted the Specialized brand
“When you get into those things of just offering something in the Red Sea, a commodity, you can never be low enough, and it also diluted what the brand specialized was, so that was a big mistake.”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 36:22 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Jul 29, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quality European bikes were scarce in the US in the early 1970s
“What I discovered as I started getting into bikes, there was like the basic bikes that were made in America, you know, swim bikes and other things that were not very inspirational. And then there were bikes from Europe that were to dream about. And there weren…”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 8:40 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Oct 9, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Raz: Specialized Almost Went Bankrupt in 2001 Before Adidas-Inspired Turnaround
“Mike Sinyard who founded that company, was struggling in, like, 2002 1001, and almost went bankrupt. And he happened to read an article about Adidas and how Adidas really turned around their business in the United States in part because of a brand Bible.”
Guy Raz Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 26:30 Advice Line with Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club
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