Cycling exposium in montreal this week. Dispite being home to several top bike makers, the scene in Quebec can feel a little over priced and behind the times: the second hand market here is generally shallow so people are ready to pay more at retail, as such there are quite a few companies that just get Taiwan frames and pimp them with Boras and Record to make their “$10,000” bikes. Notable exceptions are of course Argon18, Guru and Marinoni and to an extent Divinci. Come to think about it, along with Cervelo out of Toronto eastern Canada has done quite well for itself
To keep the off season jitters at bay, here is BIKE PORN!
Marinoni (from Quebec). Makers of hand made custom italian bikes, Marinoni is a popular company in Quebec. If only they’d invest to get a decent website… www.marinoni.qc.ca
Divinci (also from Quebec)
Apparently, this bike was designed not in the wind tunnel, but using a system that involves fixing sensors onto the frame and riding on the road. The data is then transmitted to CPU in the riders backpack and the data interpreted to adjust the frame. This begs the question though, would you pay $8,000 for this bike??? http://i31.tinypic.com/mm796q.jpg http://i31.tinypic.com/v403lh.jpg
Custom sizing is definitely what they do. I’m not sure why they’ve let Guru pull rug out from underneath them in-terms of closing in on the custom market. Marinoni’s been around far longer then Guru.
So having that large a gap between the tire & cutout is not a “flaw” in some tri bikes?
I have thought that it was, and those with the large cutout are probably not as well designed. Is there any wind tunnel data either way, do you know?
thanks,
tom
No CDN connection however. Made in Italy. But I did talk to the Canadian distributer at the Toronto Bike Show last year. Still, two out of three ain’t bad.
Do you know the price of the Marinoni break-away bike? I’ve got the Ritchey version…would have been nice to have that option.
I remember visiting the Marinoni factory when I was a teenager. Bought a pair of bike shoes and a helmet there - the most uncomfortable and goofiest things, respectively, but if Marinoni sold them, they must have been cool… a friend told me on the weekend that she’s got a Marinoni frame, circa 1990, that she’ll give me…it’ll make a sweet single speed project.
If you look very closely there is a small line in front of the skewer/hub? area. If I recall correctly from another post somewhere it “breaks” there and flexes enough to slide the belt thru. I can’t remember what holds the two pieces together, maybe the skewer?
