first pinarello owners wept now its time for cervelo owners

explosifpete
explosifpete Posts: 1,327
edited September 2011 in The bottom bracket
There must of been some pretty put out guy on pinarello dogmas thinking they had joined a little exclusive club where poor people dare not enter when all of a sudden ebay if full of rip off
chinarellos...
Oh how the cervelos owners laughed at them........ Until now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/S3-Road-Race- ... 3273wt_952
http://www.iwaxstudio.co.uk/

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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Q. What is the difference Between an O.E.M and an original Frame?

    A. Visually- the S3 frameset is identical to the original.

    A coat of carbon fibre and a months worth of Shanghai Daily News inside.
  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    not far from me. might go take a look. Funny thing is, you could get quite a similar frame for a lot less money.
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • explosifpete
    explosifpete Posts: 1,327
    It would be interesting (maybe a little pricey) to get a oem frame and a genuine frame and have them tested to see the difference in them
    http://www.iwaxstudio.co.uk/
  • The Real Radioactiveman
    The Real Radioactiveman Posts: 128
    Why are they stickered up as cervelo/pinarello ? when he clearly says pinarello use a different carbon.

    I am a little confused, probably the codeine haze. Are these genuine branded bikes sourced direct from factory or made using the same moulds with a different grade carbon and then stickered up.

    Seems odd that ebay would allow them to be sold if they weren't genuine
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  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    explosifpete wrote:
    It would be interesting (maybe a little pricey) to get a oem frame and a genuine frame and have them tested to see the difference in them

    TBH at that price I'd be tempted to just buy the real deal and take the warranty etc.

    £400 on a 'cheap' carbon import might be worth a punt but £900? really? OEM or not theres no comeback.

    I for one would also like to know the differences in the OEM and the original.
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    There have been these supposed cervelo frames on there for a while now,

    yesterday i saw a OEM ribble frame!
  • GoldenBear
    GoldenBear Posts: 120
    edited September 2011
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  • outcastjack
    outcastjack Posts: 237
    Best bit of that advert:
    This Pinarello Style OEM Frameset is a Visually Stunning Piece of Engineering.

    Yes I did scroll back up to check it was a fake Cervelo being sold...
  • WisePranker
    WisePranker Posts: 823
    I wonder if eBay are ever going to do something about the increasing number of Chinese rip-offs that are being sold on there?
    It seems that anything you're looking for can be bought 'direct from the manufacturer' for loads less than the genuine thing.
  • Keith1983
    Keith1983 Posts: 575
    The term OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer, so strictly speaking the factory that is knocking these out might be the Original Equipment Manufacturer, just that these are being made to a different spec to genuine Pinarello's. Still a rip off, still not the genuine article but factually correct.
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    I wonder how long it'll stay up, now that Cervello's legals know about it?
    Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.
  • benjboy
    benjboy Posts: 258
    Been pulled..... :shock: ......
    Keep the chain tight all the way.
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    Not surprising is it?
    A counterfeit frame.
    Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.

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