Why no Planet X RT-58 reviews?

CptKernow
CptKernow Posts: 467
edited November 2014 in Road general
Planet X seem to be a pretty big outfit and certainly sell a few bikes. The RT-58 is one of their flagship bikes and IMO a good frame. It has been out for at least a couple of years if I'm not mistaken.

Surely the UK cycling press should have reviewed this bike by now?!

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  • supermurph09
    supermurph09 Posts: 2,471
    Is it perhaps that PX havent sent a bike to be reviewed? Maybe they don't need to.
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  • CptKernow
    CptKernow Posts: 467
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    Is it perhaps that PX havent sent a bike to be reviewed? Maybe they don't need to.

    Probably. I just imagined cycling journos might be a little more proactive than that.
  • onemoresolo
    onemoresolo Posts: 372
    Going to take a wild punt and say it's because the cycling press is funded by major manufactures who probably don't want you to hear a £1k bike is as good as their £3k bike.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    And there's a lot of cycle snobs who would be gutted to hear that a 1k bike is as good as/better than their 3k bike, even though their "mates" at the LBS tell them differently ......... Mags need readers. Readers don't buy mags that don't tell them what they want to hear.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Planet X is probably doing just fine without the reviews in magazines. I can't think of a single cyclist who isn't aware of them, so they are marketing just fine.
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  • TheHound
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    onemoresolo wrote:
    Going to take a wild punt and say it's because the cycling press is funded by major manufactures who probably don't want you to hear a £1k bike is as good as their £3k bike.

    Canyon and Rose have plenty of reviews.
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  • CptKernow
    CptKernow Posts: 467
    MountainMonster wrote:
    Planet X is probably doing just fine without the reviews in magazines. I can't think of a single cyclist who isn't aware of them, so they are marketing just fine.

    I'm doing just fine, but if someone offered to help me completely corner the market I'd jump on it!
    TheHound wrote:
    Canyon and Rose have plenty of reviews.

    My thoughts - and now Canyon have a 4 month wait list for just a frame...
  • vs
    vs Posts: 468
    Fantastic frame. I have a custom built Viner Maxima and brought the RT 58 as a winter trainer simply because the measurements of the stock frame were as close to the custom built as I could find at that price. The Maxima is an amazingly responsive frame, but I can honestly say that I don't notice that much difference when riding the RT 58.

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