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Pinarello experience

by Grahamd
Thu, May 04, 2017 20:01
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Visited The Bike Rooms in Swindon today to consider some new bibs and sunglasses, came away without buying anything, but with holiday and new bike thoughts. No pressure from sales guys, but you can't have a lengthy test ride on any of the Pinarello bIkes;  however they have a Pinarello experience in Mallorca where you can hire any of their bIkes which sounds great. Question is has anybody done this, or indeed are there similar schemes elsewhere?

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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Ogi | 7 years ago
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Gan is now offered for 1750 (105 mixed spec with basic wheels).

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Grahamd replied to Ogi | 7 years ago
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Ogi wrote:

Gan is now offered for 1750 (105 mixed spec with basic wheels).

Bought a great set of wheels last year, so the deal you mention would be on my radar. Just need to ride one first to know it will be right for me.

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tritecommentbot | 7 years ago
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Are you thinking of going for a Pinarello on your next bike? Which model has your eye? enlightened

 

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Grahamd replied to tritecommentbot | 7 years ago
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unconstituted wrote:

Are you thinking of going for a Pinarello on your next bike? Which model has your eye? enlightened

 

Was considering a Gan. Was on a group ride last year and one of the support riders was raving about it, after he had been leant one on a previous ride. Advise was that you just have to try it, easier said than done.

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graybags | 7 years ago
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I was in Mallorca last year and one of the guys decided to go up market and hire from PInarello, rather than the default of Max Huerzler, he was very pleased and it wasn't significantly more costly than Max

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beezus fufoon | 7 years ago
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I thought Swindon was a made-up place!

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srchar | 7 years ago
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That sounds ridiculous. Who's going to spend 8 grand on a bike without a decent test ride?

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SingleSpeed replied to srchar | 7 years ago
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srchar wrote:

That sounds ridiculous. Who's going to spend 8 grand on a bike without a decent test ride?

 

 

Most people who buy 8k bikes actually 1 I've spent 3k on a frameset without ever riding the bike! If you're an experienced rider, know what you want, know your bike fit, what races it will be for etc then a bikes pretty much a bike.

If you've not much of a clue about bikes or only have £ 1-2000 to spend then lengthy test rides are the norm as the bikes differ wildly in value, handling. The more you spend the differences are much more minimal.

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srchar replied to SingleSpeed | 7 years ago
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SingleSpeed wrote:

Most people who buy 8k bikes actually 1 I've spent 3k on a frameset without ever riding the bike! If you're an experienced rider, know what you want, know your bike fit, what races it will be for etc then a bikes pretty much a bike.

If you've not much of a clue about bikes or only have £ 1-2000 to spend then lengthy test rides are the norm as the bikes differ wildly in value, handling. The more you spend the differences are much more minimal.

I agree, at these prices, you're not going to get a bad bike - but I'm not sure how you can know what bike you want without riding them - do you choose purely on looks and reviews?  I thought I wanted a Willier or Colnago, but ended up buying a Cervelo R5 after riding them all.

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