Good bike brands gone bad
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but that was just a badge engineered frame. I was available under many names. so does not really count as a brand.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."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
supersonic wrote:Dorel are absolutely massive.
amongst others, they own GT as well don't they?0 -
What made it flex badly?NickintheLakes wrote:I had one of these Alpinestars Cro-mega c'97 - good bike but it did 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.0 -
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 a0 -
mrmonkfinger wrote:supersonic wrote:Dorel are absolutely massive.
amongst others, they own GT as well don't they?
And Cannondale.0 -
And niner if I remember correctly0
