Pinarello cracks down on Chinarello's

[shaper]

As they close down one, another will open for sure, you only just have to look to see how many are still selling chinarellos

[rock]

easy, they should just half their prices to be inline with other brands then they wont be so desirable for counterfeiters

[Brogue]

Off topic, irrelevant and ill informed comment

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

 

:lol:

 

You two are soooo serious. Your indignation is cute, but I don't buy it for a second.

 

"100's of millions", really? You know that for a fact? I doubt it. Even so, such a figure is tantamount to window-dressing and grandstanding, a mere tip of a very large iceberg where politics and cash go hand in hand. Those very goods are back on the street, or replaced, in no time. Everyday our markets are flooded with cheap, dangerous, imported rubbish, sold on street corners with absolute impunity.

 

Cycle Science is a good example of the authorities casting a convenient blind eye, even a Carte Blanche expose hasn't resulted in a prosecution or closing of their business. The so-called authorities would rather concentrate on legitimately imported products to increase their revenue stream, than irk it's biggest single foreign investor. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but we are a colony of China whether we like it or not.

 

Enjoy your evening

[DIPSLICK]

but we are a colony of China

 

Scary/true

[fabs]

Yawn , but it is Friday

[Andrew Armstrong]

All the publicity surrounding fake Pinarellos can't be good for brand, perhaps this is why ASG aren't saying anything publicly. However, riding fake bikes with fake components all of indeterminable quality are surely a safety issue as much as a criminal issue and that requires an industry response.

[Reg Lizard]

mmm...so it would appear that there are people out there that prefer to ride a fake Pinarello over a legit Raleigh

[fabs]

The "fake" things coming out of China these days, just means it does not have an expensive "namebrand" sticker on it.

The quality is the same.

The expensive "namebrand" is just there to justify the higher price, due to so many middle men in-between, and different countries worker salary expectations.

 

 

(flame suit ON)....

[Prince]

Not a just a Pinarello problem. You can buy any fake frame you want.