Pinarello cracks down on Chinarello's

[MTB_Roadie]

http://www.bikeradar...ers-41072/#null

 

It is about time!

Edited May 17, 2014 by MTB_Roadie

[Vetseun]

Good!

[Ozzie NL]

But no legal action against our friends from Cycle Science?

[Meerkat82]

about time....... hopefully cycle science and the other scammers will be next...

Edited May 17, 2014 by Penansie

[MTB_Roadie]

I think we need to tell them about cycle science

[Brogue]

It's convenient for SA authorities to be soft on counterfeit products,and associated illegal activities, a by-product of being in bed with the People's Republic of China. Rubbing your main international "investor" up the wrong way, wouldn't be good for international relations. Individual politician's bank balances would take a hammering too. We're victims of a flawed, corrupt, despotic, hypocritical system.

[Ozzie NL]

It's convenient for SA authorities to be soft on counterfeit products,and associated illegal activities, a by-product of being in bed with the People's Republic of China. Rubbing your main international "investor" up the wrong way, wouldn't be good for international relations. Individual politician's bank balances would take a hammering too. We're victims of a flawed, corrupt, despotic, hypocritical system.

 

Off topic, irrelevant and ill informed comment

[Skylark]

It's convenient for SA authorities to be soft on counterfeit products,and associated illegal activities, a by-product of being in bed with the People's Republic of China. Rubbing your main international "investor" up the wrong way, wouldn't be good for international relations. Individual politician's bank balances would take a hammering too. We're victims of a flawed, corrupt, despotic, hypocritical system.

 

That statement is bs, though they may not be perfect customs destroys 100s of millions of confiscated counterfeit goods from china every year.

[Cav']

Sad really, that the damage has been done to the brand.

 

I for one would never buy a Pina just because of the slight doubt people will have in thinking its a fake.

 

Bloody chinese, lets hope they never start copying the brands I love with this magnitude.

[TALUS]

ASG is very quiet

[Chro Mo]

Pinarellos should be manufactured in Italy.

 

This is as it was intended.

[Flowta]

Pinarellos should be manufactured in Italy.

 

This is as it was intended.

 

The problem is AFAIK that even the real are not

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

 

The problem is AFAIK that even the real are not

 

Aren't they just "assembled" there?

[fanievb]

ASG is very quiet

 

I would think that is to be expected as the cycle science matter is (probably) currently sub judice and it won't be very clever of them to get involved in an online debate

[Ozzie NL]

Sad really, that the damage has been done to the brand.

 

I for one would never buy a Pina just because of the slight doubt people will have in thinking its a fake.

 

 

Think I can handle the stigma attached to Pina's. Wanna buy me one instead???

:P

[Chro Mo]

The problem is AFAIK that even the real are not

Correct. Framesets are manufactured in the East, and bikes are apparently assembled in the EU.

 

Here is an interesting page on Inner Ring that details what is made where and is owned by whom...interesting reading....

 

http://inrng.com/who-makes-what/