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Eddy Merckx buys Colnago!!!!

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  1. Original post
    JonBenet Ramsey
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    .....and Ernesto is a Giant.

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  2. Email address hidden
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    Actually Colnago is subcontracting it's low end manfacturing to Giant.
    This is probably a big mistake for Colnago. Colnago and other Italian
    bike companies are more dependent than ever on the brand equity of
    their products. When you buy a Italian bike you paying for the made in
    Italy nostalgia.

    Eddy Merckx commented it's crazy and he is right.

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  3. Bret Wade
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    Actually Colnago is subcontracting it's low end manfacturing to Giant.
    This is probably a big mistake for Colnago. Colnago and other Italian
    bike companies are more dependent than ever on the brand equity of
    their products. When you buy a Italian bike you paying for the made in
    Italy nostalgia.

    Eddy Merckx commented it's crazy and he is right.

    Most won't know the difference. The rest will think that Ernesto is
    having Giant build them with a magic head tube angle that only he
    understands.

    Bret

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  4. Per Elmsäter
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    Bret Wade said:
    Quoted message said:

    Actually Colnago is subcontracting it's low end manfacturing to
    Giant. This is probably a big mistake for Colnago. Colnago and other
    Italian bike companies are more dependent than ever on the brand
    equity of their products. When you buy a Italian bike you paying for
    the made in Italy nostalgia.

    Eddy Merckx commented it's crazy and he is right.

    Most won't know the difference. The rest will think that Ernesto is
    having Giant build them with a magic head tube angle that only he
    understands.

    Bret

    Who gives a ... about geometry. It's all about the paint job anyway.
    --
    Perre
    I gave up on SPAM and redirected it to hotmail instead.

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  5. Alex Rodriguez
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    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    Actually Colnago is subcontracting it's low end manfacturing to Giant.
    This is probably a big mistake for Colnago. Colnago and other Italian
    bike companies are more dependent than ever on the brand equity of
    their products. When you buy a Italian bike you paying for the made in
    Italy nostalgia.
    Eddy Merckx commented it's crazy and he is right.

    Now that their bikes are made out easy, maybe the quality will go up.
    -------------
    Alex

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  6. Alex Rodriguez
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    In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    Actually Colnago is subcontracting it's low end manfacturing to Giant.
    This is probably a big mistake for Colnago. Colnago and other Italian
    bike companies are more dependent than ever on the brand equity of
    their products. When you buy a Italian bike you paying for the made in
    Italy nostalgia.
    Eddy Merckx commented it's crazy and he is right.

    Now that their bikes are made out easy, maybe the quality will go up.

    OOps, typo. I meant

    Now that their bikes are made out east, maybe the quality will go up.
    --------------
    Alex

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  7. Stewart Fleming
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    Alex Rodriguez said:

    OOps, typo. I meant
    Now that their bikes are made out east, maybe the quality will go up.

    Accepted as an RBR typo by proximity rule (a).
    BW, take note.

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  8. Email address hidden
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    #8
    Alex Rodriguez said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,


    [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    Actually Colnago is subcontracting it's low end manfacturing to


    Giant.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    This is probably a big mistake for Colnago. Colnago and other


    Italian

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    bike companies are more dependent than ever on the brand equity of
    their products. When you buy a Italian bike you paying for the made


    in

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Italy nostalgia.
    Eddy Merckx commented it's crazy and he is right.

    Now that their bikes are made out easy, maybe the quality will go


    up.

    Quoted message said:


    OOps, typo. I meant

    Now that their bikes are made out east, maybe the quality will go up.

    Possibly, but I doubt it. Colnao's bike quality is more dependent upon
    the design of the frames.

    Quoted message said:

    --------------
    Alex

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