Originally Posted by
Trakhak
It would be fair to say that the Pinarello aluminum frames had both superb craftsmanship and honest unpolished welds, whose workmanship has received praise from those more knowledgeable about metal fabrication than us.
There were frames much better made than the Pinarello Paris with the ugly welds those were the Cannondale Caad 4, Caad 5, Caad 6 and Caad 7 from the Saeco Estro Team as well as the Willier Triestina l'Alpe D'huez Mortirolo Scandium from the Mercatone Uno Team, the Orbea bikes from the Euskadi Euskaltel Team and the De Rosa Merak bikes from the Team Alessio just to name a few.
I am all ears to hear about the praise about the supposed quality of grossly unpolished welds of a Dedacciai 7003 ABT alumnium frame. Most of the tour de France wins for Pinarello were made on 100% steel and on 100% carbon frames and just two tour de France won with the 7003 ABT aluminium frames.