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Originally Posted by knobster (Post 16314236)

Well lots do. But those companies have much larger variety of bikes than Raleigh. If you compare apples to apples, say a Sojourn to say a Trek 520, I think the Trek is a better bike. Compare a Sojourn to a Surly Long Haul Trucker and I think you got about the same bike. But those are comparable companies where Raleigh isn't the same company as Trek. Masi is a comparable company to Raleigh now and I think their line of bicycles are about the same. Not great, but not bad either. Raleigh doesn't create the bike, but mainly just the frame and sometimes the fork, it's the choice of components to keep the price of the bike competitive with the market they are after while making a decent profit for the parent company.

Talk about apples and oranges...

Comparing Raleigh to Masi, is like comparing Kroger to Joe's Butcher shop.

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Originally Posted by WestPablo (Post 16326464)

Talk about apples and oranges...

Comparing Raleigh to Masi, is like comparing Kroger to Joe's Butcher shop.

No, it's not. They are both once well respected bike manufactures that were bought by a different company and are now being built out of China. Apples to apples if you ask me.

Raleigh was bought by Huffy who then sold it to Derby Cycles. Masi was bought by Haro Bicycles. The comparison I'm making is they are just a name now, not what they once were.

Are they decent bicycles, yes. Are they as great as they were when they were created out of England and Italy? No.