
Joe Whittingham
Founder of Panda Podium; cycling-industry marketer and YouTube creator specializing in Chinese bike brands and components
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Jun 16, 2026
Industry Special EP3: The Rise of the Chinese Brands
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20:46Suvi LoponenHOST
And in my interview with him, it was quite clear that even though we think that the rise of Chinese brands is very recent, he has been talking about all this for a good part of a decade.

Joe WhittinghamGUEST
So now most people are starting to hear like, oh, the Chinese stuff's good now.

Joe WhittinghamGUEST
But you go on the internet, you start going down the rabbit hole, and very quickly it gets very confusing.
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28:10Suvi LoponenHOST
Has there been something that has changed within the industry there that has pushed these brands to go direct to consumer, expand to the US so heavily and or like with this kind of, I guess, weight that they're expanding seems a lot stronger.