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Adam
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Chr!s B.
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What ever works for you - Id say..
Tiawan is good for me... Giant make the lightest off the peg frame...
You could spend much more going for a Colnago, but is it worth spending double for probably more weight??? Very probably not...
Ps. dont listen to the people who contribute most to the non cycling forum threads...
Common sense, innit??
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Flabio Chubbolinni
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| What about frames which are claimed to be made in one country yet are imported from another? |
A was talking to a guy the other day who had been on the Pinarello Factory Tour twice, says he did not see any frames being built. Just lots of frames ready for spraying!
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Flabio Chubbolinni
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Tony Bell wrote: |
| What about frames which are claimed to be made in one country yet are imported from another? |
A was talking to a guy the other day who had been on the Pinarello Factory Tour twice, says he did not see any frames being made. Just lots of frames ready for spraying!
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Tony Bell
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| But, like I said, what about frames which are claimed to be made in Italy, which are in fact made in another country? Any Trading Standards type people on here to enlighten us about the legality or otherwise of this? |
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kitch
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Lancashire was the centre of the Industrial revolution, and that pedegree is carried through to the quality and prestige attached to the Lancashire made frames from Ribble cycles.
(and if their frames are not made in lancashire, then the steak puddings from the chippy round the corner certainly are, after six of those it makes little difference who made your bike frame) |
pity one typically has to wait for a revolution before ribbles will despatch an order.
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PNuT
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| Chr!s B. wrote: |
What ever works for you - Id say..
Tiawan is good for me... Giant make the lightest off the peg frame...
You could spend much more going for a Colnago, but is it worth spending double for probably more weight??? Very probably not...
Ps. dont listen to the people who contribute most to the non cycling forum threads...
Common sense, innit?? |
no they dont....
p.s dont listen to someone who states incorrect facts on the road forum  |
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Lucho
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| and why would Taiwanese people be less able to build good frames? They do lots of other tech very well |
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tracksprinterbabe
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I ride French - LOOK - an amazing ride! Hand built, all that time and attention put into every layer of carbon....... 
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Roy Gardiner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| ...Giant make the lightest off the peg frame... |
no they dont....
p.s dont listen to someone who states incorrect facts on the road forum |
Will you both post brand names, frame models and weights, please, otherwise the oh yes it is/oh no it isn't argument is about as useful as he's behind you.
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