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10-21-06, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CyLowe97

Need to do a search on the "Colnago" time trial bikes that Rabobank was riding in the TdF this year. They were the same TT bikes as the Giants ridden by T-Mobile. The chainstays on the Rabo Colnagos had a small Giant sticker on them. [see pics here... https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=4166]

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10-21-06, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jrennie

Just because something was made by hand doesn’t make it better. What would you rather drive, a car put together in some home shop "by hand" or one manufactured on an assembly line?

ferraris are made by hand...and yes, I would like a hand made car over a manufactured on on an assembly line. a hand made bike is made by a craftsman who has years of experience and cares about what he builds, not someone that puts a bolt on a part.

10-22-06, 04:09 AM

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10-22-06, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by fogrider

not someone that puts a bolt on a part.

Wouldn't that make him a specialist?

10-22-06, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fogrider

You can have whatever you can afford. If you had the money I bet you could even get them to build it on site for your entertainment. But for the rest of us we want to ride a "quality" bike with the benefit of remaining cost conscience.

10-22-06, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by fogrider

Take a look at instrument strings, which is probably a lot better comparison to a bike than is a car. Machine wound strings will give consitant wraps and tensions, making the frequency of having a dead string almost non-existant, (not that it doesn't happen every now and then). Hand wound strings, on the other hand, made by artisans and experts, aren't going to have the same level of consitancy, resulting in a higher number of bad strings. Unless I'm spending $6k+ plus on a bike, I think that I'd take a frame produced by automation any day of the week.