New Italian Bike

bikejung2004 said:

I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend to
me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy it
cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

Gios line is very nice.... but there are so many to consider.

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I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

A road bike? Has to be a Colnago or a De Rosa if you have deep pockets.

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Quoted message said:

I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

A road bike? Has to be a Colnago or a De Rosa if you have deep pockets.

Nah, Pegoretti. Deep pockets also.

Lou

bikejung2004:

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I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

Some members of the club I ride with have just been to Italy and came back
with some very nice steel De Rosa frames. Apparently, they were dirt cheap
because Italians aren't interested in steel frames, only alu. (But please
don't flame me if that's a contentious thing to say - I'm just repeating
what they told me.)

d.

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I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

Or stop in just northeast of Milano and say hello to A. Mondonico and
have him fit you with a nice, custom lugged steel frame ;-)

- rick

Hi. Better yet, Torture all the Italians, and buy a Hetchins! (English Bike) Mark

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I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

A road bike? Has to be a Colnago or a De Rosa if you have deep pockets.

Nah, Pegoretti. Deep pockets also.

Lou

Any bike that fits and comes in a color you like would be great.

Enjoy the shopping

Bruce

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I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

bikejung2004 said:

I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend to
me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy it
cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

Dear BikeJung,

The Padrone della Strada di Furia cannot be too highly recommended.

It would be close to 100,00 obsolete lira at the Mart della Parete.

Carl Fogel

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Quoted message said:

I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

Or stop in just northeast of Milano and say hello to A. Mondonico and
have him fit you with a nice, custom lugged steel frame ;-)

- rick

Oh, YES!!! Mr. Mondonico and son build some absolutely exquisite
frames! I've been lusting after a Futura Leggero for several years
now! There is something unique about having the name on the frame be
the same as the name of the person that actually built it...

bikejung-<< I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you
recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

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With the exchange rate, don't expect it will be cheaper. BUT if you use
greenbacks or large denomination traveler's cheques, you will gert a better
deal.

Look for a smallish Italian frameset, like Daccordi, Scapin, Bottechia, look
for an older, lugged steel. Campagnolo, fo course.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

jcq-<< Oh, YES!!! Mr. Mondonico and son build some absolutely exquisite
frames! I've been lusting after a Futura Leggero for several years
now! >><BR><BR>

Or blast over to Belgium, go to see Mr Merckx right next to the airport in
Brussels, and get a MXLeader.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

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Campagnolo said:

With the exchange rate, don't expect it will be cheaper. BUT if you use
greenbacks or large denomination traveler's cheques, you will gert a better
deal.

Peter, why would one get a better deal using dollars or large
denomination travellers cheques?

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Campagnolo said:

With the exchange rate, don't expect it will be cheaper. BUT if you use
greenbacks or large denomination traveler's cheques, you will gert a better
deal.

Peter, why would one get a better deal using dollars or large
denomination travellers cheques?

Because Italy is a [censored]-poor third world nation where the local currency is some
worthless [censored] called the Euro, and so Italian bike shops will give you a
discount for paying with US Wonder Dollars that they can actually use to buy
stuff. Even though they will have to pay commission to change them into the
local currency.

Or that's what was implied.

reply-<< Peter, why would one get a better deal using dollars or large
denomination travellers cheques? >><BR><BR>

My experience when shooppong in Napoli. Money changers are everywhere but they
make more $ on large denomination greenbacks or traveler's checks, better rate
that they will 'share' with you.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

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Interesting. I'll will be in Naples and Rome in the begnning of July.
Would you have any suggestions on where to find a frame?

steve
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Campagnolo said:

reply-<< Peter, why would one get a better deal using dollars or large
denomination travellers cheques? >><BR><BR>

My experience when shooppong in Napoli. Money changers are everywhere but they
make more $ on large denomination greenbacks or traveler's checks, better rate
that they will 'share' with you.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

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Mark South said:

Because Italy is a [censored]-poor third world nation where the local currency is some
worthless [censored] called the Euro, and so Italian bike shops will give you a
discount for paying with US Wonder Dollars that they can actually use to buy
stuff. Even though they will have to pay commission to change them into the
local currency.

I believe the advantage of dollars is that it allows Italians to buy
nylon stockings and Hershey bars from Sgt Bilko's store.

ian

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I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

I test-rode a DeRosa Neo Primato (steel) and found it very nice indeed.
Ended up going with a far more expensive TI-carbon bike from Seven,
but only just.

DeRosa makes a lot of carbon and aluminum bikes, too.

Is Fondriest Italian? I believe so. I test-rode a bike by them, which
I also liked.

But you say "ride for long distances". Are you interested in a touring
bike, on which you want to carry lots of things? Then recommendations
would be different, of course. All the fab racing-type bikes would have
to be excluded.

Dave

Quoted message said:

I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

If you're near Verona, go see the Grandis boys. http://www.cicligrandis.com/

Quoted message said:

I'm going to Italy the first two weeks of June. Would you recommend
to me which Italian bike to purchase? I hope I would be able to buy
it cheaper over there. The plan is to ride for long distances not
mountain biking.

Cheaper here than where?
It ain't necessarily so ... .

Sergio
Pisa