Claud Butler Milano

I'm thiking of buying a Claud Butler Milano 2005. Anyone got any opinions on
this bike or alternatives in the £400-£500 price range.

I'll be using it mainly for commuting but also weekend leisure rides.

Ta,

Rich

in message , Rich
') wrote:

I'm thiking of buying a Claud Butler Milano 2005. Anyone got any
opinions on this bike or alternatives in the £400-£500 price range.

I'll be using it mainly for commuting but also weekend leisure rides.

The Milano is all right but Ribble Cycles will sell you a Dolan designed
frame and full Campagnolo (Mirage) groupset and wheels, carbon forks and
seatpost for £499,
URL:http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/details.asp?GenCode=RIBBXRIB0200
so before spending that sort of money on a mass production bike it would
at least be worth a look.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; in faecibus sapiens rheum propagabit

Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , Rich
') wrote:

I'm thiking of buying a Claud Butler Milano 2005. Anyone got any
opinions on this bike or alternatives in the ?400-?500 price range.

I'll be using it mainly for commuting but also weekend leisure rides.

The Milano is all right but Ribble Cycles will sell you a Dolan designed
frame and full Campagnolo (Mirage) groupset

but I think he wants to ride it this year ;-)

MartinM wrote:
Simon Brooke wrote:

in message , Rich
') wrote:


I'm thiking of buying a Claud Butler Milano 2005. Anyone got any
opinions on this bike or alternatives in the ?400-?500 price range.

I'll be using it mainly for commuting but also weekend leisure rides.

The Milano is all right but Ribble Cycles will sell you a Dolan designed
frame and full Campagnolo (Mirage) groupset


but I think he wants to ride it this year ;-)

Previous threads have indicated that Ribble will promise to deliver
whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.

Hmmm. From last management course - 'promise less, deliver more'.

Al C-F wrote:

Previous threads have indicated that Ribble will promise to deliver
whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.

Hmmm. From last management course - 'promise less, deliver more'.

Whereas allegedly Ribble promise more and don't deliver.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Tony Raven wrote:
Al C-F wrote:

Previous threads have indicated that Ribble will promise to deliver
whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.

Hmmm. From last management course - 'promise less, deliver more'.

Whereas allegedly Ribble promise more and don't deliver.

I have only had good service from them. Haven't used them since 1989
though ;-)

...d

David Martin wrote:
Tony Raven wrote:
Al C-F wrote:

Previous threads have indicated that Ribble will promise to deliver
whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.

Hmmm. From last management course - 'promise less, deliver more'.

Whereas allegedly Ribble promise more and don't deliver.

I have only had good service from them. Haven't used them since 1989
though ;-)

I've had good service, just a bit slow at times. Would buy a bike from
them if in no hurry though.