Funny about Pinarello. I walked into my lbs one day and the owner had a Pinarello up on the work stand. I asked him what he thought of it and the reply doesn't bear repeating in polite company. I gather they're one of the many specialist builders that has embraced mass production only to find it's not as easy as it sounds. Certainly as we chatted and he tried to coax some sense out of that sodding bike, I began to view very expensive bikes in a different light. I'm not saying all Pinarello's are bad, even that all expensive bikes are bad, just that throwing a lot of money at big brand names still produces examples of the breed that should have been shot before they left the paddock.