So all British bikes have a sameness? The crappiest bike I've ever seen/ridden was a brit...so was one of the nicest. It's not about the country it's from. I've seen Hetchins that looked like turds and I've seen Ephgraves that made me gasp. Never ridden either unfortunately. I REALLY like the Pete Matthews I picked up recently. It's no secret that Colnago made some dogs.

It's fine to trend towards one country for whatever reason, but the statement above...about "italians being one dimensional", and "brits having more quality" is pretty silly IMO.

FYI - most of those brits with derailleurs were, shall we say, influenced by the italians and frenchies. The better ones also came with italian parts