Originally Posted by
bugly64
here's my newest commuter. It's a Chinese Carbon frame with Ultegra group. It weighs 18 pounds without the Timbuk2 goodie bag, lights, and quadlock cellphone mount.
A Chinarello... as they are called.
Pinarello (as well as many other companies) has had many issues with fake Dogmas being sold but it serves them right for outsourcing their production to China where intellectual property rights mean nothing and labour rates are a fraction of what some some unemployed Italian tradesperson might make.
/rant
The bike looks great btw.