Said James:Yea, Colnago learned their lesson; now they get their frames made
> in China!
>
> Queried Tom:
>
> Really? I assume you're not talking about anything that's on topic,
> right?
And I sez:
Nope so forgive the not on topic post
But from this website
http://allanti.com/
He states:
*Colnago* - In 1944, when Ernesto Colnago served as a 12-year old apprentice in the shop of Dante Fumagalli, did he have any idea he would become the most famous of all Italian frame builders?
Colnago is, perhaps, the most coveted of all professional-quality bicycle brands - just look at the pages of VeloNews or Pro Cycling and see how many professional riders race on Colnagos!
Frames are still hand-made in Italy, except for three entry level aluminum models made in Taiwan (probably by Giant) and the carbon CLX, which is also made in Taiwan.4
reference is: from
http://www.cyclingnews.com/
"Inspired by the streamlined looks of the Cristallo, Colnago has a new mid-range carbon fiber bike for 2007 called the CLX. Designed by ColnagoLab, Signor Ernesto's in-house R&D department, the Colnago CLX is the first ever carbon fiber bicycle from Colnago built in Taiwan.
Colnago told *Cyclingnews*, "My new CLX is a high performance yet affordable carbon fiber bicycle. We have designed the CLX here in Cambiago in our ColnagoLab, then brought the manufacturing to Taiwan to bring the price down to a more affordable level. For years, our customers have been asking us for a more affordable carbon fiber bicycle but we didn't want to make anything cheap and unreliable. We have done a lot of testing and now we know the CLX deserves the name Colnago."
>>My suspicion is that if, or when, Colnagos are being made in China
That'd be a when.
>>*snip* it will be to lower the price on some of the less expensive
bikes. Extreme C's from China seem unlikely, at this time, but you >>never
know.*snip*
Nope they're still made in Italy, see referenced article
I hope you have your facts right before you defame the brand,
He does
I guess it is because many people will perceive it as problematic that I
> don't wish to see this information put forth, unless you know it to be
> accurate.
We do :)
Forgive the nontopical posts
Rodd who just rid
Pouring rain
Ottawa Ontario Canada