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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
Here's a question for folks familiar with Marinoni and Giant bikes: I'm
looking to replace my old road bike with a new bike, and I've considering either the Marinoni Ciclo Alu (i.e., the one built with Zonal aluminum) or the Giant OCR1. Since the Marinoni is a "semi-custom" bike I can order it from the factory with my choice of components and paint job, but it's considerably more expensive than Giant's OCR1. Is the Marinoni worth the extra money? Is it worth adding the Xtra carbon rear triangle option? |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
I bought an OCR1 2 years ago and have put several thousand miles on it. I love
it. I have recomended it to members of my local bike club and 3 have been bought. None of the people who bought them have regretted it. Its a great beginner level bike but you can still run with the big dogs on the large group rides. |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
Sat, 14 Feb 2004 01:31:36 GMT,
ers.com, "AMR" wrote: Here's a question for folks familiar with Marinoni and Giant bikes: I'm looking to replace my old road bike with a new bike, and I've considering either the Marinoni Ciclo Alu (i.e., the one built with Zonal aluminum) or the Giant OCR1. Custom vs. CookieCutter. No contest. Artisan built bikes have class. Giant makes kid's bikes. Buy Canadian, eh. -- zk |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:21:40 -0800, Zoot Katz
wrote: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 01:31:36 GMT, gers.com, "AMR" wrote: Here's a question for folks familiar with Marinoni and Giant bikes: I'm looking to replace my old road bike with a new bike, and I've considering either the Marinoni Ciclo Alu (i.e., the one built with Zonal aluminum) or the Giant OCR1. Custom vs. CookieCutter. No contest. Artisan built bikes have class. Giant makes kid's bikes. But with the cost differential, you could buy a kid a bike. -Luigi www.livejournal.com/users/ouij photos, rants, raves |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:15:51 -0500,
, Luigi de Guzman wrote: Artisan built bikes have class. Giant makes kid's bikes. But with the cost differential, you could buy a kid a bike. True, but for $75.00 extra the Marinoni can be custom sized. The Giant's compact geometry can't be resized for any price. It only comes in one colour scheme and doesn't use Columbus tubing. It's like comparing apples to road apples. -- zk |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:45:13 -0800, Zoot Katz
wrote: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:15:51 -0500, , Luigi de Guzman wrote: Artisan built bikes have class. Giant makes kid's bikes. But with the cost differential, you could buy a kid a bike. True, but for $75.00 extra the Marinoni can be custom sized. The Giant's compact geometry can't be resized for any price. It only comes in one colour scheme and doesn't use Columbus tubing. It's like comparing apples to road apples. riposte, remise, touche. I yield. -Luigi www.livejournal.com/users/ouij photos, rants, raves |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
In article , luigi12081
@cox.net says... .... It's like comparing apples to road apples. riposte, remise, touche. Are you actually a fencer, or do you just know those terms? I find fencing a good cross-training sport for the legs. It actually started out the other way around (cycling as cross-training for fencing), but it has turned into fencing as cross-training for cycling. -- Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying! REAL programmers write self-modifying code. |
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Marinoni or Giant road bike?
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:02:03 -0500, David Kerber
wrote: In article , luigi12081 says... ... It's like comparing apples to road apples. riposte, remise, touche. Are you actually a fencer, or do you just know those terms? I find fencing a good cross-training sport for the legs. It actually started out the other way around (cycling as cross-training for fencing), but it has turned into fencing as cross-training for cycling. A brief bout of it, one summer; enough to learn how to handle myself with a foil, but nowhere near competent. I'd start it up again, but cycling's cheaper. (of course running's cheapest of all, but cycling wins on the cheap/fun index) -Luigi |
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