PINARELLO

WarlKicken

Afternoon All,

...SO I've been saving for a while now and my SCOTT Speedster S40 is more than ready to be decommissioned to the commute run. I have been saving for a Pina and am thoroughly looking forward to picking one up.

Can I ask, do many other people on here have a Pinarello, when I ready through posts, threads etc, I never seem to see much mention of them, even though they appear to be up there with one of the best bikes about. I personally think I am settled on a ROKH, looks decent and I can afford that guy.

Just wondering is all.....

rolf_f

You want www.dentistsbikeradar.co.uk

PS plenty of Pinarellos in the 'Your Bikes' forum.

alihisgreat

the bikes I see most on the road:

1. Specialized
2. Pinarello
3. Ribble.

ShutUpLegs

the bikes I see most on the road:

1. Trek
2. Trek
3. Trek

WarlKicken

ShutUpLegs wrote:

the bikes I see most on the road:

1. Trek
2. Trek
3. Trek

Made me laugh a little. I see a lot of Specialized and Boardman this way. By the way, you've the best name on here hands down. The amount of times I scream, in my head of course, for my legs to shut up when cycling is hilarious, if not slightly disturbing. GoodWork, keep it up.

godders1

Jens Voigt's catchphrase innit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2GXeHbsG40

siamon

The few Pinarellos I see round here to be Team Sky Dogma's (at least I hope they are)!

The Rokh is an excellent allround bike and rides very very well.

Defyand

Jealous

il_principe

I've owned a Pinarello Prince since 2008 and bought an EPS equipped Dogma2 in May. Absolutely brilliant bikes.

NITR8s

I own a pinarello FPUno and I love it, everywhere I go I get admiring comments about my bike. Even though the FP uno is an aluminum frame with a carbon rearstay everyone is suprised when I tell them its an aluminum frame.

Kingy 123

Ive being riding my pinarello fp5 for four years now still looks good and get alot of good comments about it.

Recently ive been seeing alot of cube and specialized bikes and of course the most produced bike ,trek.

declan1

I see these on the roads around here:

1. Boardmans
2. Boardmans
3. Carreras.

I've never seen a Pinarello in the flesh

macerello

I've got an FP2 and love it. I haven't seen another one on the roads where I ride and it gets a lot of interest from other cyclists. I quite like the uniqueness of it.

Grill

What I see in my club:
1. Giant
2. Cervalo
3. Pinarello, Dolan, Specialized

Get it if you want it, but realise that you can probably do more with your money.

diy

I think the Pinarello to go for is the Mamil

Round my way its

1. Specialized
2. Cervelo
3. Trek
4. Pinarello
5. Canondale

I think Ribble and Boardman are considered a bit BSO in Surrey.

Leeuw

declan1 wrote:

I see these on the roads around here:

1. Boardmans
2. Boardmans
3. Carreras.

I've never seen a Pinarello in the flesh

Got a big Halfords near you then?

rolf_f

Looking at the bikes on our club rides people seem to have minds of their own! There's nothing particularly dominant - infact, I think only Ribbles noticeably number more than one.
For example, we have an Orbea, a Colnago, a Planet X, a Cannondale, a Carrera, a Look, a Wilie, a Focus, a Bianchi and not much in the way of the default brands.

declan1

Leeuw wrote:

declan1 wrote:

I see these on the roads around here:

1. Boardmans
2. Boardmans
3. Carreras.

I've never seen a Pinarello in the flesh

Got a big Halfords near you then?

Yeah there's not much of an interest in cycling up here anyway

fast as fupp

Il Principe wrote:

I've owned a Pinarello Prince since 2008 and bought an EPS equipped Dogma2 in May. Absolutely brilliant bikes.

are you a dentist?

il_principe

fast as fupp wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

I've owned a Pinarello Prince since 2008 and bought an EPS equipped Dogma2 in May. Absolutely brilliant bikes.

are you a dentist?

Yes!

No I'm not. I'm not a MAMIL either or a banker/lawyer (32). Actually used to have a Wilier (Mortirolo) before I bought the Prince and have had Focus (Variado) and Specialized (Allez) before that.

Back in 08 Pinarello's were fairly rare around London and the SE/SW where I ride, in fact I only saw one other when I did the Etape in 08. Obviously the SKY effect has kicked in massively and you see more around now, although I'm yet to see anyone on a BoB Dogma2. That doesn't detract from the fact that they are great bikes. I don't really understand where the whole dentist thing comes from, I think it's partially down to the British love of sneering.

Incidentally my Prince is 5 years old now and I've not had a single problem with it or the Chorus gruppo. The build quality is fantastic.

kieranb

Well, I've got an pinarello prince frame (aluminium with carbon fork and seat stays), had it for maybe 7 or more years. When it was new and shiny with a custom paint job I got lots of admiring looks. Sadly over the years that has changed, maybe time for a respray, I've had no problems with the bike so wouldn't change it, and it has survived a number of crashes rather well.

Leeuw

Il Principe wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

I've owned a Pinarello Prince since 2008 and bought an EPS equipped Dogma2 in May. Absolutely brilliant bikes.

are you a dentist?

I don't really understand where the whole dentist thing comes from, I think it's partially down to the British love of sneering.

I would guess it's a lighthearted poke at how much dentist's earn. I reckon mine is on about £450 an hour judging by his charges and miniscule amount of time poking around in my mouth

mouth

Boardman is the king round here it seems. I reckon half of Nottinghamshire's bike spend ends up in Chris's pocket. After that it's fairly evenly split between the others - Pinarello, Spesh, Trek and Giant.

Personally I want a Pinarello.