Originally Posted by
Inertianinja
right. if they were failing, they wouldn't be purchased.
Even crappy frames fail very infrequently.
Originally Posted by
Inertianinja
and also, i can't imagine that any factory that is building frames at the volume demanded by Specialized, Bianchi, etc, could be any more "careful" (which is slower, and there are only so many hours in the day) than any other and stay competitive on price.
Keep in mind that it's "competitive on price" for equivalent objects. If they reduce cost by producing crap (ie, by being careless), they increase the rate of warranty returns (which are expensive) and they (ultimately) kill being able to sell bicycles.
Originally Posted by
Inertianinja
seeing how the bikes are all about in the same price range, with the same raw materials and components, you'd have to assume that each brand's build process for their high-volume bikes is very similar.
Yes, I think it's similar. And it's very good (it seems).