Originally Posted by
Eric F
A Ford Explorer would be a low/mid price gravel bike. A Macan is like the low end of the Colnago lineup.
Sure, but not really relevant in the analogy:
Originally Posted by
rsbob
I could extrapolate that the same high end bikes also support the low-end bikes of the same manufacturer, but have no concrete evidence.
Again, the analogy doesn't work because the Macan isn't Porsche's "high end bike." In fact, the Macan is Porsche's lowest priced model so, if anything, the real analogy would be "low end bikes supporting the high end bikes of the same manufacturer."