Lars Lehtonen wrote:
>>Geoff King wrote:
>>
>>>I have a new Bianchi that has the sticker "Chick Designed" on it. The
>>>logo is of chick (baby bird) with long hair. It's a large size man's
>>>bike. Am I correct in assuming this bike was designed by a woman at/for
>>>bianchi or is there some other meaning behind this? Just curious.
>
>
> According to jim beam <[email protected]>:
>
>>yep, the chick is sky yaeger, bianchi's u.s. designer.
>
>
> And it's a real pity that she tacks **** like that on the bikes.
> The "your bike sucks" tag on last year's S.I.S.S. made me not like her
> style, and the integration of the Cars-R-Coffins logo made me think
> less of them. Is she still stenciling "PISTA CONCEPT 200x" across the top
> tube of the high-dollar track frame? Very A-Team.
>
> I like chrome bikes, but the silver saddle on this year's Pista puts the
> bike in Liberace territory.
>
> ---
> Lars Lehtonen;5A
i don't "know" sky, but i have met her and i can tell you, she's a
really cool person that spends a lot of time riding and talking with
people in all the major u.s. bike markets - riders, not just sales
droids. my personal comment was that i /love/ the gray color of the '03
pista more than the chrome '04. she said a lot of people loved the
gray, but even more loved the chrome, so that's why it got the vote.
i guess you can analyse the same way for all the other stuff you mention
- but the point is, she /does/ do her homework, and what goes out as
product is the result of consumer opinion in. i guess if you want to
experess your opinion as well, track down one of your local bianchi
dealers - they /will/ be talking to her sooner or later - and get them
to convey your opinion. it will be heard sooner or later.
