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  > 11 years
  > 760'000 cranksets sold (only in US and Canada)
  > 4519 incidents reported (presumably only in US and Canada)
  > We want to ensure the safety of our customers by implementing this voluntary inspection and recall program. (After all the above... call me a cynic)

And people say that monopoly is bad.

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I hope you aren't suggesting that Shimano is a monopoly. I could probably name ten other brand-name makers of cranksets, let alone the nameless Chinese models. Sure, only some of them would be compatible with Hollowtech II, while others would require installing a square-taper bottom bracket, but there is plenty of choice.

As long as they have the majority of the market along with majority of the profit, without any real chance from any other competitors, feel free to call them whatever you want - it won't change reality.

On a separate note this is not the website to send thinly veiled threads to other, especially not without any reason.

Chinese bike parts manufacturing has taken off in the last 2 years. QA still needs refinement, but they’re at the point of building pretty good bikes at a fraction of the cost. I think shimano’s dominance has hit a tipping point.

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