Trek / Bianchi story

"~R" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was wheeling my bike (trek) out of the building, on my way out
the door leaving work last evening, when a middle aged woman
joined me on the elevatoer. She looked at my bike in a slight
disgust and said, "ewww, Trek!". "Wha? Treks are great! What's
wrong with Trek?", I replaied. She explained that her husband was
the local Bianchi rep and I should be riding a Bianchi! She was
very insistant.

"Ya know what", I said, "back in May when I was shopping around
for a bike, I looked everywhere in town for a freakin' Bianchi,
and there were NONE to be bought anywhere. There was one small
time bike shop that I visited, and the guy said he was 'between
brands' at the time. Meaning he just got out of a deal with one
company and was about to attmept to start dealing with another,
namely Bianchi. He showed me a catologue of these gorgeous
Bianchis, but I couldn't wait around to see if it actually went
through. He sounded wishy washy on the certainty of Bianchi
coming in to his store. " She still insisted I go find a Bianchi.
I should call her husband and he'll order one for me. I'm
thinking that if he's a local rep, he should probably get his
bikes into some local stores. Is that unreasonable? Especially if
he wants to make any money.

And it was May, for Christ-sake! The riding bug was in full bite,
and I was ready to go. I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

I'm thinking his wife needed to mind their own business. Is there any real
difference between a Taiwanese Trek and a Taiwanese Bianchi? Nope.

~R said:

I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly better
and well under 1000.

jj

jj said:

~R said:

I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly better
and well under 1000.

jj

He has the bike, he is happy with the bike, why make him second guess
his purchase? Or, for that matter, ask him to explain himself.

For the OP, the reason you didn't see Bianchi's winning stages, is
that the winners were riding a different brand of bike. Barring
mechanical problems, the TDF riders could win on any bike that was
used during the race. It's the rider[the engine], not the equipment.
And of course, you didn't see any Trek riders on 7200FX bikes.

Winning races is no way to judge the quality of a bike, unless your
main use for that bike, is racing. And even then, proper fit will be
the riders number one concern.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Jeff Starr said:

jj said:

~R said:

I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly better
and well under 1000.

jj

He has the bike, he is happy with the bike, why make him second guess
his purchase? Or, for that matter, ask him to explain himself.

Well, this is a newsgroup with discussions.

jj

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For the OP, the reason you didn't see Bianchi's winning stages, is
that the winners were riding a different brand of bike. Barring
mechanical problems, the TDF riders could win on any bike that was
used during the race. It's the rider[the engine], not the equipment.
And of course, you didn't see any Trek riders on 7200FX bikes.

Winning races is no way to judge the quality of a bike, unless your
main use for that bike, is racing. And even then, proper fit will be
the riders number one concern.

Life is Good!
Jeff

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BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

I ride Bianchi and I love it.

1. I'm usually one of the few Bianchi riders around. Amidst the
thousands of Trek/Specialized/Cannondale, it's kind of cool to be a bit
unique.

2. Anything Red and Italian must be good.

3. A Bianchi just won the UCI pro tour!

4. Bianchi's have a 120 year history. Not really that important, but
still pretty cool.

-Bianchi Bob

In article <[email hidden]>,

Hell and High Water said:

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

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BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

I ride Bianchi and I love it.

1. I'm usually one of the few Bianchi riders around. Amidst the
thousands of Trek/Specialized/Cannondale, it's kind of cool to be a bit
unique.

2. Anything Red and Italian must be good.

3. A Bianchi just won the UCI pro tour!

4. Bianchi's have a 120 year history. Not really that important, but
still pretty cool.

-Bianchi Bob

A. My treck was made 120 miles from my house by happy UW-Mad
post docs.

B. When I ride it through wisconsin i get free beer and cheese (brats on
sunday)

..max

"~R" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was wheeling my bike (trek) out of the building, on my way out
the door leaving work last evening, when a middle aged woman
joined me on the elevatoer. She looked at my bike in a slight
disgust and said, "ewww, Trek!". "Wha? Treks are great! What's
wrong with Trek?", I replaied. She explained that her husband was
the local Bianchi rep and I should be riding a Bianchi! She was
very insistant.

[snipped]

When I was shopping for a new bike back in 1997-98, in a city of a million
and many bike shops, there was not a single Bianchi to be had. I was a big
fan of Bianchi, and I remember wanting a lugged Eros at the time. Nowadays,
they are basically just a conglomerate-owned assembler of Chinese bikes
anyway, so, I'll guess never have an opportunity to buy that lugged
traditional straight diamond-framed Eros. All we have now are more or less
identical Chinese-framed bikes with different paint schemes and labels on
them. These days, road bike frame are so butt-ugly that you actually need
the flashy paint schemes for them to look halfway decent.

Gooserider said:

I'm thinking his wife needed to mind their own business. Is there any real
difference between a Taiwanese Trek and a Taiwanese Bianchi? Nope.

From a Fuji/Bianchi thread last week:

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I dunno about the Volpe. My Veloce was made in Italy.

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Both my Bianchis were made in Italy.

Not that it matters a whole lot since I am not in the market, but now I
am a little bit confused as to how much of the Bianchi comes from Italy
or Taiwan and where it is actually assembled.

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~R said:

I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly
better
and well under 1000.

jj

Let me guess, you have more miles than him...and your penis is bigger.

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~R said:

I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly
better
and well under 1000.

jj

Let me guess, you have more miles than him...and your penis is bigger.

The reason I asked is because it didn't make sense that he'd ride a dozen
bikes with a budget of $1000 bucks and he'd go with a $280 dollar bike with
near bottom of the line components.

jj

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I was wheeling my bike (trek) out of the building, on my way out
the door leaving work last evening, when a middle aged woman
joined me on the elevatoer. She looked at my bike in a slight
disgust and said, "ewww, Trek!". "Wha? Treks are great! What's
wrong with Trek?", I replaied. She explained that her husband was
the local Bianchi rep and I should be riding a Bianchi! She was
very insistant.

"Ya know what", I said, "back in May when I was shopping around
for a bike, I looked everywhere in town for a freakin' Bianchi,
and there were NONE to be bought anywhere. There was one small
time bike shop that I visited, and the guy said he was 'between
brands' at the time. Meaning he just got out of a deal with one
company and was about to attmept to start dealing with another,
namely Bianchi. He showed me a catologue of these gorgeous
Bianchis, but I couldn't wait around to see if it actually went
through. He sounded wishy washy on the certainty of Bianchi
coming in to his store. " She still insisted I go find a Bianchi.
I should call her husband and he'll order one for me. I'm
thinking that if he's a local rep, he should probably get his
bikes into some local stores. Is that unreasonable? Especially if
he wants to make any money.

And it was May, for Christ-sake! The riding bug was in full bite,
and I was ready to go. I bought the best bike I could afford
after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
TDF, or did I miss something?

12/10 for your handling the situation and that last sentence!

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jj said:

The reason I asked is because it didn't make sense that he'd ride a dozen
bikes with a budget of $1000 bucks and he'd go with a $280 dollar bike with
near bottom of the line components.

Maybe he had something better to spend the other $720 on. I'm guessing
his Trek will serve him well.

Rich

But there is a HUGE difference between an Italian Bianchi, an American
Cannondale or Lemond and a Taiwan trek

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But there is a HUGE difference between an Italian Bianchi, an American
Cannondale or Lemond and a Taiwan trek

Is there?

Gooserider said:

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But there is a HUGE difference between an Italian Bianchi, an American
Cannondale or Lemond and a Taiwan trek

Is there?

That's my question too. Are they Italian or are they not? I'm really
just more curious than antything else. I have read conflicting answers
here.

No taiwan frame or bike is anywhere near the quality and feel of a good
italian or American.

Bianchi makes their aluminum and lower end steel bikes in taiwan.
Their exotic frames and better steel are made in Italy. If the bike is
available in Celeste it's made in italy

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On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:03:49 GMT, "~R" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>I bought the best bike I could afford
>after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
>$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
>it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
>TDF, or did I miss something?

How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly
better
and well under 1000.

jj

Let me guess, you have more miles than him...and your penis is bigger.

The reason I asked is because it didn't make sense that he'd ride a dozen
bikes with a budget of $1000 bucks and he'd go with a $280 dollar bike
with
near bottom of the line components.

jj

Then why didn't your post say that?

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Frank Drackman said:

"jj" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:03:49 GMT, "~R" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>I bought the best bike I could afford
>>after 2 weeks of driving LBS owners crazy trying every bike under
>>$1000 in their stores. A Trek 7200 FX, and I'm real happy with
>>it. BTW, I didn't see any Bianchi's winning any stages in the
>>TDF, or did I miss something?
>
> How many miles have you put on it? Why a 72? The 75 is significantly
> better and well under 1000.
>
>
Let me guess, you have more miles than him...and your penis is bigger.

The reason I asked is because it didn't make sense that he'd ride a dozen
bikes with a budget of $1000 bucks and he'd go with a $280 dollar bike
with near bottom of the line components.

Then why didn't your post say that?

I did. Second sentence. "why the 72....".

I asked about the mileage as partly a point of interest, partly to gauge
his experience and ability. If he's riding 5 miles three times a week, then
of course any LBS bike, hybrid or roadie will do.

If I seem to have an agenda about road bikes vs hybrids and comfort bikes,
it's because I'm annoyed at the industry, trying to foist off bikes that
are not ideal on beginning riders. They make it seem that a road bike with
drop bars is hard to ride, and any such bike is for racers and will be set
up for racers with a 4" drop from saddle to bars (they cut off the
handlebar stem very short).

In fact when I got my first (recent) bike, I -told- the LBS owner I needed
higher bars and he freakin' cut off the handlebar stem -anyway- (claimed he
"forgot"😉. The real truth is probably closer to 'dude, you're old, you
shouldn't be riding bikes, they're for athletes', or something.

When I went in to select a bike he tried to sell me a suspended bike with a
big saddle, and wouldn't even fit me to the bike I did purchase. In fact he
wandered off in the middle of a sentence as I was asking him to show me how
to remove the front wheel, (and was getting out my credit card to have him
ring me up) to service a walk-in who was just browsing. If I'd had any
sense, I'd have walked out of the store.

jj