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A separate handy thread start I think.I prefer a lot of Aldi stuff to the things they copy..
Most of my shopping (by bike) is Aldi or Lidl.
I have a certain fondness for Aldi's bourbon.
A separate handy thread start I think.I prefer a lot of Aldi stuff to the things they copy..
They know, they don't care. It's not about the performance, it really *is* about the brand. Look up Veblen goods.
Bear in mind that Pinarello are owned by LVMH. Yes, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy. So when they are not selling handbags, champagne or brandy, they're into bikes. Obviously they are about as interested in bikes as I am in diamonds. But, as someone very famous once said about a different aspect of cycling, "it's not about the bike".
it's not important when they bought it, the point is they've become just another luxury brand. LV, Moet, Hennessy, Pinarello, Rolex, Crystal, it's not important. It's not about the product.LVMH have only recently bought Pinarello though ? For almost all of their history they haven't been linked.
I almost hate to say it, but there's less difference between bikes than the marketeers want us to think. Otherwise there would be one brand of bike in the peleton that wins more than it's fair share.
Pinarello do make nice bikes but so do many people.
I'm guessing not. Would you?I guess the OP isnt coming back then?
Were they not a luxury brand before LVMH bought them ?it's not important when they bought it, the point is they've become just another luxury brand. LV, Moet, Hennessy, Pinarello, Rolex, Crystal, it's not important. It's not about the product.
I'm guessing not. Would you?
1. Probably yes, but so what? They are now. LVMH bought the brand, not the bicycle technology.Were they not a luxury brand before LVMH bought them ?
What about Trek or BMC or Cervelo ? They have expensive bikes too ?
Proving a point here, in a virtual environment? If you like. Me, I prefer to get out more.Yes, if i had a point to prove
Well i sense that the op should be out more, rather than online boosting.Proving a point here, in a virtual environment? If you like. Me, I prefer to get out more.
Proving a point here, in a virtual environment? If you like. Me, I prefer to get out more.
The OP would have been better off trying to scrounge a frame and blown sunshine up it's bottom bracket on you tubeWell i sense that the op should be out more, rather than online boosting.
What about Trek or BMC or Cervelo ? They have expensive bikes too ?
Certainly true, even more so now that the manufacturers buy in frames rather than the steel days when they really were brazed together in Nottingham or Milano. As for the peloton, I think those bikes are basically one offs. I know some racers have stiffened bottom brackets for sprinting, and so on. The paint job is neither here nor there. I've always thought that they were like WRC rally cars, the Citroen, Toyota or Ford is stripped to a shell, reinforced and then a nearly identical set of racing parts is fitted.I almost hate to say it, but there's less difference between bikes than the marketeers want us to think. Otherwise there would be one brand of bike in the peleton that wins more than it's fair share.