Originally Posted by Thylacine
I don't understand what the facination is with some of the Euro brands. Back on the late 80's/early 90's when the mass merchants were starting to hit the pacific rim and starting to actually get the quality right, brands like Colnago and Pinarello et al were caught napping and lost a boatload of sales to the new, lighter bikes not only from companies that set up in the Pacific Rim but also US brands like Cannondale and Merlin who were some of the first to venture into new materials sucessfully.
I'm very condemning of some of the big Italian names because I think most of them are solely trading on their former reputations and little else. Some of the latest models are just overpriced overrated crap, and all they have going for them is their euro-trash aesthetic. Scapins and Pegorettis are perhaps the standouts, but they fall down in the geometry department so it's hard to recommend them either.
I take it if you won tatts you wouldnt buy a Pinarello Dogma then
I thinks part of the facination is like if you were to buy either an old Ferrari vs a new Monaro........some people just wouldnt buy a new Monaro, even though its safer, built better, handles better......but.....its not a Ferrari....
I hear you though....a lot of Euro brands are expected to be good just because they come from Italy...and usually carry higher price....
What about Look and Time bikes, whats your thoughts on those brands?