Btwin

[J1888]

They have been making bikes for a fair while now - or at least selling them. The Triban drop handlebar iterations were B'TWIN Sport before. I'd call them a bike brand.

Aye but so are Apollo ;-)

 

[J1888]

Daft indeed. I bought a B'Twin carbon bike with full campagnolo for about £300 cheaper than any other comparable bike. You do know that all the frames, wheels, groupsets etc for practically all the mainstream bikes come from the same Taiwanese factories don't you?

I hadn't really thought that much about it tbh, just a reaction on my part. Who puts the bikes together?

 

[jazzkat]

A pal of mine has just got a Btwin Triban 500. For less than £300 it's brilliant value for money, he loves it and is really getting into road cycling because of it.

 

[midlife]

I thought the words B'twin and Decathlon were interchangeable .......... Like Marathon and Snickers ?

Shaun

 

[vickster]

I hadn't really thought that much about it tbh, just a reaction on my part. Who puts the bikes together?

Probably the same factory in Taiwan with someone at decathlon finishing it off

 

[3narf]

I know comparatively little about bikes and for some reason don't like the idea of B'Twin, purely because they're from Decathlon, for some reason I would rather have something that's made by a 'bike brand'.

Daft perhaps but there you go.

It's daft but I'll admit to also admit to this 'brand snobbery.'

Even though I know nothing about the history and heritage of bikes, and cycle sport, it's still established brands that appeal to me.

I'd happily ride a Boardman, but just the fact they're exclusive to Halfords rules it out. I just cringe when I imagine looking as if I just went straight to halfords and bought the most expensive bike they have...

Ridiculous, I know, but that's what I associate Boardman bikes with.

 

[J1888]

It's daft but I'll admit to also admit to this 'brand snobbery.'

Even though I know nothing about the history and heritage of bikes, and cycle sport, it's still established brands that appeal to me.

I'd happily ride a Boardman, but just the fact they're exclusive to Halfords rules it out. I just cringe when I imagine looking as if I just went straight to halfords and bought the most expensive bike they have...

Ridiculous, I know, but that's what I associate Boardman bikes with.

Same here re. Boardman. However, I'm told that their high end bikes are not Halfords exclusives...

 

[J1888]

I.e you can't buy their best bikes in just Halfords, or perhaps in Halfords at all