Good bike brands gone bad

nicklouse

NickintheLakes wrote:

I had one of these Alpinestars Cro-mega c'97 - good bike but it did flex badly. Can't get badder than giving up entirely.

but that was just a badge engineered frame. I was available under many names. so does not really count as a brand.

mrmonkfinger

supersonic wrote:

Dorel are absolutely massive.

amongst others, they own GT as well don't they?

YeehaaMcgee

NickintheLakes wrote:

I had one of these Alpinestars Cro-mega c'97 - good bike but it did flex badly.

What made it flex badly?
I knew a ferw people who rode them, although I could have sworn it was earlier than '97 - and none of them liked them!
Never had a go on one myself.

Gazlar

You couldn't beat a hawk trakkatak. Cheap midlands bikes that were triple triangle. The tend wad to pop gt stickers on them, but then they'd get nicked.

I remember the golden rule, an all terrain bike is not a mountain bike.

I also remember my first "off road bike" ....... It wad a

EH_Rob

mrmonkfinger wrote:

supersonic wrote:

Dorel are absolutely massive.

amongst others, they own GT as well don't they?

And Cannondale.

Gazlar

And niner if I remember correctly