whats so great about Iti bikes

[luplowe]

why are they better than the rest ? its just a frame on wheels you can get equal components on other bikes or is it that the name ends in i or o makes them sound good , they do look good! but then so do fiats but you wouldn't buy one.

 

[Saddle bum]

Italians have a sense of style. Ever looked the women in Milan?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

hope they're better put together than italian cars.

on a tangant, why is it that so many pros suffer mechanical problems within yards of the starting ramp on tts? saw a few in yesterday's worlds. surely those bikes must have been gone over with a fine toothed comb?

 

[Keith Oates]

There are of course good Italian bikes and not so good Italian bikes. Although I've not ridden every make of bike in the world the best one I have ridden is Italian. To put a finger on it and say "it's the best because............", is not possible for me but all I can say is that when I'm on the bike it feels great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cchapman]

"hope they're better put together than italian cars."

well let's not call the kettle black. I remember descending a hill out in the country on my Velocette Thrucko. At night. All of a sudden the only illumination was starlight.

I may have the story a bit garbled here but apparently Harley-Davidson took over Ducati. Their engineers were amazed at the Ducati "product" - It was so uncomfortable they said, it was so idiosyncratic, it was so old-fashioned. They relinquished their investment soon after.

 

[domtyler]

why are they better than the rest ? its just a frame on wheels you can get equal components on other bikes or is it that the name ends in i or o makes them sound good , they do look good! but then so do fiats but you wouldn't buy one.

Fiats don't count as it doesn't end in i or o. This is the main reason for their comparative lack of success.

 

[Amanda P]

FIAT: Fix It Again Tomorrow.

 

[llllllll]

Must be the paint jobs doing it, most of the carbon Italian bikes come out the same factory as everyone else's, somewhere in Taiwan.