Originally Posted by
rruff
One thing I am 99.99999% sure of... nobody is manufacturing 10,000+ *low end* bikes in Italy. They quit doing that in the US a long time ago. All the low-end bikes in the world are made in China... Torpado just puts their "brand" on them.
I know you are correct. I sent a PM to the originator of the thread over at RBR but have not heard from him. I always believed the frames were the same but once the lay-up comment was made I had to wonder. Also there was a discrepancy in the published frame weights.
Also the OP of the Fondreist thread at RBR was on-line over an hour ago and did not respond to my message. I think he was trying to scam someone over there and is probably a shill for Ital-Exports.