Pinarello FP3

itsnotaboutthebike

I have just seen Evans ad for the '09 Pinarello FP3 at £2400, any views on this machine, looks cracking for the money (not that I have £2400 sitting in my back pocket) I have an 7yr old Klein quantum alu, which to be honest does me just fine, but lately Ive been swoonig over carbon exotica, any advice or opinions would be appreciated, Im an MTBer more than roadie so my knowledge is not as good on the tarmac gear.

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kingrollo

Check elsewhere on this forum - someone else got one for £1950 ....nice bikes BTW

gbrnole

That would be me! Sweet looking bike, i can't fault it. Having looked at some other models around the price i paid i would buy it over again. I put a thread in the beginners forum you may be interested inreading

nicensleazy

If you search, you can still find a new Paris frame for sale. Much much better and the quality of carbon used on the Paris is extremely good. The Paris was also made in Italy. But I guess, you are looking at the whole bike.

nicensleazy

Funny.....I always think of this when I see the lower end Pinarello bikes!!!!!!!!

bikerZA

Ouch!! That's a brilliant picture, wouldn't wish that on anyone though!

synchronicity

Interesting photo. I have the F3:13 so I'm slightly worried.

But to me it looks like the handlebar hit the top tube during a crash. At least that's what I'm telling myself! :shock:

Can we see a photo of your Klein? That would help :arrow:

itsnotaboutthebike

Ok someone educate me on how to post the Klein pic, I must admit although its really a Trek, well I say trek it still has a klein built frame and finish, I love it to bits and like I say the Pinarello is a pro's and con's list, bank balance checking situation, ah only need that lottert win!

On the made in italy issue!! I find it hard to believe that companies like pinarello or Colnago would put their reputation at risk by building frames in the far east! IMO, the technology is still the same the processes are still the same the staff training is still the same only the premisis and labour are considerably cheaper, which in turn is passed onto the customer to some degree, I think people under estimate the ability of the far east manufacturing facilities, Giant, Specialized, and god knows who else all produce quality kit all built in the far east..........someone tell me otherwise!!

Anonymous

Pinarello and Colnago both have frames made in the far east. As do most of the larger companies. Some of the Taiwan CF manufacturing facilities are the best in the world.

To post a pic you need to uplaod it to a hosting site (I use photobucket.com) and then you will see below the pic the address of the pic, copy the address and paste it on here. Highlight the address then click the 'Img' button above the text box.

itsnotaboutthebike

Just another note before I work on the Klein pic!!! The far east subject, I work for a large American based company who have manufacturing sites globaly, by far the best performing sites are within China, the simple answer to this is that the people employed in these sites are all very highly educated (degree) but are paid a fraction of what a European or American would be paid for doing exactly the same work, their attitude to work is also a far cry from the western world, commitment and loyalty are very important and this reflects in the produce, dont get me wrong there is some horrible crap that comes from there too, but that is no different from Europe or America, IMO manufacturing facilities that are managed and run by competent people and are using the right caliber of employee will be producing just as good if not better than the Italian, American or UK produced gear,trust me I work with Italian machines and they are poorly built compared to the likes of German or Swiss built machines.