QBP BOOKS/MAGAZINES/DVDS
Who is QBP? Quality Bicycle Products is the most influential company in the entire bicycle industry. And they're doubly important because many of you have never heard of them. They are, as that old ad said, The Quiet Company. While Trek vs. Specialized, and Shimano vs. SRAM each fight their very public battles royale for apparent bike industry dominance, the truly dominant company, QBP, continues to fine-tune their mastery of logistics and operations to deepen their reach everywhere. No matter what brands your local shop pushes, QBP is most likely the company they spend the most money with.
And QBP doesn't just have massive relevance to the bike shops of North America. They also set the agenda for the manufacturers themselves. Without QBP many of the big players -- Shimano, Yakima, Michelin, Rock Shox, FSA, SRAM, and countless others -- would lose their one-and-only truly effective outlet for wholesale distribution. For every one consequential manufacturer that doesn't rely on QBP for distribution, there are a hundred that do. Without QBP, the bike industry as we know it would tremble to the brink of collapse.
Once a year QBP publishes their comprehensive product catalog. It is a behemoth. It comes in two volumes. Volume 1 is components and frames. Volume 2 is clothing, accessories, and tools. It totals ~1,500 pages between the two volumes. Whether you're looking for information on a component, or the tiniest small part (a c-clip or o-ring or whatever other itsy-bitsy widget), you'll find it here. This is the bike industry's ultimate reference guide.
Please keep the following caveats in mind: These catalogs have NO prices! And, no, you cannot call QBP yourself to order something. But what you CAN do is spend every waking hour staring at these volumes the way you did the Sears catalog toy section when you were a kid. And if/when the time comes that you need a part (obscure small item or no), you can scribble down the QBP part # and call your local bike shop or Competitive Cyclist and we can order it up for you. As we said, EVERY bike shop in America does substantial business with QBP. If you're armed with a QBP part number, you're just one phone call away from anything you'd ever possibly need for your bike.
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