I think I'd like to take you up on that bet!

There are a few details that when you look closely seperate the Marinoni's from other bikes in the same class (Bianchi Pista Concept, Fuji Track Pro) - the cutaway on the seat tube is a prime example - you can just tell that more effort / skill was put into it than on either of the other aforementioned bikes.

With all that said, for some reason I've always been under the impression that the Marinoni's are made in Quebec but I could be totally mistaken and they may, in fact, come out of some overseas factory. Can anybody either confirm or deny?

Edit - seeing the two side by side, they certainly do look similar! The head tube, seat tube, dropouts and fork are obviously quite different.