Founded in 1972 in Taiwan, China, Merida Group is the second largest bicycle manufacturer in China, along with Giant. Its bicycle positioning is also-for-tat with Giant, just like McDonald's and KFC, and specialty stores are often opened together. Since 2001, Merida has set up a R&D center in Stuttgar, Germany, sounding the clarion call for Merida to enter the high-end market. Already on the top international stage in the 2002s, its title team, MMBT (Multivan Merida Biking Team), is now one of the strongest professional mountaineering teams in the last decade.
 
Merida bikes used to be ridiculed by riders as "heavy tanks", praising them for their durability and complaining that they often weigh more than their peers and appear bulkier. However, this situation has been greatly improved over the years, the welding process has been qualitatively improved, the frame design has become significantly confident, and it no longer relies on the patch at the weld to improve the strength, so as to effectively reduce weight. In addition, the addition of the flat welding process also makes the weld smooth and beautiful.
 
Its carbon fiber material technology and pipe technology are also in the lead, DCT dual-channel technology, AWS anti-wrinkle method, nano carbon fiber technology, biochemical fiber shock absorption, intelligent wiring and other patents make its carbon fiber frame full of technical content, in 2016, it took out the Scultura Superlight Ltd with a vehicle weight of only 4.52Kg, and won the name of the lightest mass-produced road car in one fell swoop, showing Merida's years of technical precipitation.
 
Merida's entry-level model is the "Warrior" series, priced at more than 1,000 yuan, and the configuration is lackluster. The "Duke" series is positioned slightly higher, in the price range of 1500-3000 yuan, similar to the positioning of Giant ATX, but its kits are mixed, and most of the versions are 26-inch wheel diameters, which are now outdated, and the last two years have been updated to 27.5 inches. The "Lion" series can be regarded as a promotional version of the "Duke" series, which tends to be a little higher, but the overall gap is not large.
 
The "Challenger" series is benchmarked against the Giant XTC series, which is an advanced mountain bike, the competition-level geometric configuration looks very cool, the design of the elastic rear fork improves comfort, and the 2019 product also uses a new lightweight platform, whether it is the Challenger SL1 or SL7, it is a highly competitive product in the same price segment, and the unique sandblasting coating brings a stunning texture. SL7 vehicle is equipped with a high-end mountain bike popular 1 * 11 transmission device, with a quasi-vacuum tire system, cut the complexity and simplify, as a less than 7000 yuan aluminum alloy vehicle, 9.65 kg of vehicle weight is shocking, this weight is even several times the price of carbon fiber vehicles are difficult to match, the perfect interpretation of what is called "low-end carbon is not as good as high-end aluminum", Giant car friends are probably not too embarrassed to ridicule it as "tank up".
 
As a top event sponsor, its professional softtail racing is not inferior to European and American brands. Most of the softtail cars are directly named after the suspension stroke, which is clear at a glance: 96 full suspension series, 120 full suspension series, 160 (ONE-SIXTY) full suspension series. The ONE-SIXTY 5000 won first place in the Test Winner in the test evaluation of the well-known British professional magazine Mountain Bike Rider, which commented that its "downhill, cornering, suspension and other performance are very good.... This is the best-ridden, best-performing enduro long-travel full-suspension mountain bike we've tested in years. "It's a pity that the domestic soft tail is very niche, and there are few physical stores in stock, and you need to order it to buy.
 
It is worth mentioning that the frame sold by Merida after 2008 adopts a limited lifetime warranty, which exceeds all peers at the same price for Chinese consumers, and for Chinese consumers, Merida has thousands of stores across the country as a guarantee, and its after-sales commitment is far more realistic than some European and American brands that do not even have Chinese official websites.