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Old August 22nd 05, 03:38 AM
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Hi all,



Did anyone try ¡§Skoda" MTB before? Is it a good brand??



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Old August 22nd 05, 09:33 AM
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billy wrote:
Hi all,



Did anyone try ¡§Skoda" MTB before? Is it a good brand??



Skoda is a Czech car brand now owned by Volkswagen. Dunno what that says
about their bikes, though...

Robin
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Old August 22nd 05, 07:45 PM
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:33:05 +0200, RNK
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billy wrote:
Hi all,



Did anyone try ¡§Skoda" MTB before? Is it a good brand??



Skoda is a Czech car brand now owned by Volkswagen. Dunno what that says
about their bikes, though...


I thought Skoda was one of those Eastern European national companies that makes
everything. Zastava in the old Yugoslavia was like that. I suppose they
would've broken it up and privatized by now. Probably broke the bike branch off
and sold to someone else or continued under local management.

Ron
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Old August 22nd 05, 08:55 PM
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:33:05 +0200, RNK
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Did anyone try ¡§Skoda" MTB before? Is it a good brand??

Skoda is a Czech car brand now owned by Volkswagen.


The cars were just a part of it. Skoda was a *huge* engineering
conglomerate, building everything from railway locomotives to
armament.

Dunno what that says about their bikes, though...


Neither do I, but if their locomotive building is anything to go by,
then it would be good, solidly engineered stuff, but without any bells
and whistles.
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Old August 23rd 05, 01:17 AM
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:55:42 +0200, Andrew Price wrote:

Neither do I, but if their locomotive building is anything to go by,
then it would be good, solidly engineered stuff, but without any bells
and whistles.


But if their former cars were anything to go by, it'd be cheap, fairly
functional stuff but not terribly solidly engineered, let alone any bells
and whistles. Feel lucky it has a radio.

Jasper
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Old August 23rd 05, 10:55 AM
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Their cars are widely used in the Mideast and other parts of the world,
often as taxis. The older ones were indeed very basic, but the new models
are _far_ from bad. They have improved tremendously.


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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:55:42 +0200, Andrew Price wrote:

Neither do I, but if their locomotive building is anything to go by,
then it would be good, solidly engineered stuff, but without any bells
and whistles.


But if their former cars were anything to go by, it'd be cheap, fairly
functional stuff but not terribly solidly engineered, let alone any bells
and whistles. Feel lucky it has a radio.

Jasper



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Old August 23rd 05, 02:45 PM
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:55:43 -0400, "Bob" wrote:

Their cars are widely used in the Mideast and other parts of the world,
often as taxis. The older ones were indeed very basic, but the new models
are _far_ from bad. They have improved tremendously.


The post-VW takeover Skodas are basically just VWs with different body
styling and price. So yeah, those are much better.

Jasper
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Old August 23rd 05, 04:52 PM
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:55:43 -0400, "Bob" wrote:

Their cars are widely used in the Mideast and other parts of the world,
often as taxis. The older ones were indeed very basic, but the new models
are _far_ from bad. They have improved tremendously.



They were used extensively in the Tour de France....so they must make
good bicycles ;-)

Jeez, I should work in marketing!

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