I’m saving money for a triathlon bike, but my love for classic italian bikes means that I will not go for anything with a “triathlon geometry”. I have got my eyes on the Cinelli W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G , I think it looks good, but is it any good?
I haven’t ridden one and I don’t know anyone who has, but it looks like the Dog’s Bollocks (especially the black one with white decals). I know someone with a Cinelli Starship and the craftsmanship is absolutely bloody superb. If you’re going to lay out some serious cash though, why not spend a bit more and get a Colnago? That is some seriously gorgeous machinery. Great build quality and fantastic paint and probably quite a bit lighter then the WYSIWYG.
Dog’s Bollocks? Does that means good or bad? Please explain to a norwegian with only a basic knowledge of the language, it does not sound very positive though. If so, we disagree, I think it looks very good.
I already have a Italian road bike (steel) that suit me just fine for long and relaxed rides, but now I’m looking for something for triathlon/time trial.
Colnago is fine, I agree, but with 3100-3500$ I would rather use my money on better wheels and group set than on a somewhat lighter frame.
for the non-UK- english speakers…
Dog Bollocks (or even shorter ‘the dogs’) is good
and for the record-
A Dogs dinner = bad or a mess :-)))
It isn’t your norwegian background. I don’t know what dog’s bollocks means either and english is my mother tongue.
Adam, just a guess but I think your mother tongue is American English? very different. As Winston Churchill said " the two nations divided by a common language".
Julian in England.
Okay, the matter with the dog’s bollocks is settled then. By the way someone is going to give me “a good price” on a Colnago Dream B Stay tomorrow, I have a feeling that "a good price is a little bit more than I can afford but you never know?
Actually Canadian English, we are like a patois of British and American english. It really screws up the spell check.