So…since normann has pretty much won IMH this year on the bike, after signing with kuota…
what do you think it will do for their sales next year?
I don’t have an answer for your questions but… Did you see Bjorn’s P3SL? WOW, what a bike… ;-)))
I’ve sold three and have two in stcok right now. Patrice has got to be loving it!
Does anyone know who is building the carbon bikes for the Italian companies?
Martec and other Taiwan builders.
Remember Made in Italy/Spain/etc… does not mean it was acutally made there, just simple cosmetic additions are enough.
-SD
Remember Made in Italy/Spain/etc… does not mean it was acutally made there, just simple cosmetic additions are enough.
You mean the frames, right?
They were already getting popular here with the roadies. You would see half a dozen on the weekend Doughnut Ride in Toronto. Out of about 100 bikes total.
Haven’t seen any in a tri yet. But they are sponsoring the top local male and female TT racers next year.
Maybe I’ll switch to Black Bike next year. They are wicked sexy.
Frames, seatposts, tires, I don’t have a copy of the limitations.
-SD
Oh, got it. For the record, every piece of the Rotor is manufactured and machined in Madrid.
I’m sure they are very nice, I’ve seen some of the old offerings from them up close, when the frames were integrated. However, I think that many people put a certain “value” on bicycles and parts that come out of Europe. I don’t know how much people would be wetting themselves over Pinarello if htey new a great majority of their products were made in Taiwan. When I worked for Orbea, no one seemed to care to hear about the great “Spanish construction” Not that it wasn’t good, it just didn’t have historical and emotional relavance.
I’m sure you could make a great set of Rotors in Taiwan, they do amazing things there, and I don’t think a selling point for you is their European construction. When you get them under an athlete like Bobby Jullich who used a unique product and drove up sales, or Stadler whose prowess on a bike “shocked the world” then you’ll have a selling feature people will respond to.
-SD
why the hell should i care about the origin of the frame?
As long it does the job right…
You shouldn’t, but you can’t tell me that people in general don’t care. Covince cerveloguy. Very few people see their bike as a tool: its origins irrelavant, its value is in the function.
Most put their emotional attachment to their bike slightly above their pets and slightly below their spouses.
-SD
I owned the first one into Britain and other regular slowtwitch poster jkallen got the second. They are exceptional to ride, well made, and the finest bike I’ve ever powered around in. Recommended but supply is a problem.
- When you get them under an athlete like Bobby Jullich who used a unique product and drove up sales, or Stadler whose prowess on a bike “shocked the world” then you’ll have a selling feature people will respond to.*
Thats the plan for 2005, with our new pro IM team.
Please don’t think that is a criticism of the product, but nothing drives consumer demand like a fluke or unexpected performance they can attribute to a new unique product.
Kinda like if I got on a set of Rotors and won the Master’s Worlds pursuit next September 14th…
…er maybe not
-SD